An accessible, yet sophisticated, introduction to the life and works of the famous French philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre. Sartre was a member the French underground during World War II, a novelist, a playwright and a major influence in French political and intellectual life. Sartre for Beginners opens with a biographical section, introducing the significant events in the life of the man who coined the term, `Existentialism'. Then it examines Sartre's early philosophical works. Ideas from Sartre's other fictional and dramatic works are also discussed in detail.