The Complete Claudine

by Colette

Other authorsJudith Thurman (Introduction), Antonia White (Translator)
Paperback, 2001

Notes

Four novels written by Colette but first published under the name of her husband Willy ... more. Contents: Claudine at school -- Claudine in Paris -- Claudine married -- Claudine and Annie.

Description

Colette, prodded by her first husband, Willy, began her writing career with Claudine at School, which catapulted the young author into instant, sensational success. Among the most autobiographical of Colette's works, these four novels are dominated by the child-woman Claudine, whose strength, humor, and zest for living make her seem almost a symbol for the life force. Janet Flanner described these books as "amazing writing on the almost girlish search for the absolute of happiness in physical love . . . recorded by a literary brain always wide awake on the pillow."

Collection

Call number

F COL

Genres

Publication

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001, c.1900-1903

Physical description

632 p.; 21 cm
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