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//**La Nausee**

La Nausee// (Nausea) is a novel written by French existentialist Jean Paul Sartre in 1938. Existentialism, which reached its height after the first World War, was the idea that human beings could not find meaning in their lives through God, religion, or others; people could only be defined through their own choices and actions (McKay et al 925). In //La Nausee//, the hero begins to doubt the established values of society and, as the novel progresses, begins to see the world as Sartre saw it: lonely, absurd and, above all, meaningless. Often seen as Sartre's greatest work, //La Nausee// encapsulates Sartre's philosophy and exemplifies the post-war trend of literature that scoffed at established values and rejected the blind faith of religion.