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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was born in Saint-Saveur-en-Puisaye, France, a Burgundian village in the Yonne region, on January 28, 1873. Her father, Jules-Joseph Colette, a retired army captain and ...
Colette is also the author of numerous volumes of memoirs, plays, film scenarios, essays, reviews, sketches, and criticism. A centenary edition of her uvres complètes de Colette (complete works ...
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1960. One of the few volumes of criticism in English which addresses the full Colette canon, from novels to short stories to drama to criticism. A ...
Renée arrives at the residence of a wealthy Parisian to dance before an assembled audience, and she spies several of her former husband’s mistresses in the audience. Aware of the shock in their ...
Sep 19, 2024 · All the central characters in The Vagabond were inspired by people Colette knew personally. Renee Nere is a reflection of Colette herself, although she also shares traits with the poet Renee ...
Oct 2, 2024 · The Characters. Cheri begins and remains a pampered, inarticulate, spoiled, childish young man, self-absorbed, unstable, beautiful, wealthy, indolent, and lacking both intellectual depth and moral ...
Sep 19, 2024 · Colette's fictional works are distinguished by their straightforward plots, intriguing yet typically not highly talented or exceptional characters, vividly depicted settings, and superb writing ...
Sep 5, 2023 · Summary. Last Updated September 5, 2023. In essence, The Ripening Seed is about growing up. It is a story about the ebbing of childhood as we become more knowledgeable and aware, and how the ...
Summary. In the pink boudoir of Léa, a still lovely courtesan, Chéri, her handsome young lover, demands that she let him play with her valuable pearls. She discourages his mood, fearing that the ...
Summary. Gigi is a simply narrated fairy tale based on the Cinderella motif. Her maternal grandmother and great-aunt carefully control Gigi’s education, while her mother, Andree, is busy singing ...