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The Collected Stories of Colette" beings together in one volume for the first time in any language the comprehensive collection of short stories by the novelist known worldwide as Colette, and now acknowledged, with Proust, as the most original French narrative writer of the first half of our century. of the one hundred stories gathered here, thirty-one appear for the first time in English and another twenty-nine have been newly translated for...

Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman. "Cheri, " together with "The Last of Cheri, " is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. The amour between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Cheri, and the courtesan Lea de Lonval tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire, and is an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and...

Excerpt from Nouvelles Et EssaisNon... laisse-moi. Je dors. Je ne sais plus 1 j'ai un corps. Quel tourment de vivre près de toi l'ai mangé, il est deux dormons.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving th...

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Cheri and The Last Of Cheri involve a tragicomic love affair. Colette (1873-1954) is the pseudonym for Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known in English speaking countries for her novel Gig, which was later the source for the a Lerner & Loewe musical film and stage musical. Cheri and The Last Of Cheri are two novels concerning a love affair between a successful but aging courtesan, Léa de Lonval, and her spoiled young lover called Chéri....

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Colette tiene cincuenta y nueve años cuando, en 1932, publica Esos placeres (Ces plaisirs), cuyo título acabará siendo, en 1941, Lo Puro y lo Impuro. En ese momento se halla en la cumbre de su sensibilidad y de su estilo, que se nos muestra tan intenso en este libro de recuerdos en torno a algunas figuras de mujeres y de hombres ¿monstruosos¿. En estas páginas reflexiona sobre treinta años de su vida parisina, sobre el opio, el alcohol y los d...

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Novela de iniciación en la que dos adolescentes, Philippe y Vinca, descubren la atracción física y la plenitud del placer pero también las responsabilidades del mundo adulto aguardándoles tras unas vacaciones cuyo final saben inapelable. Con una prosa fresca y estimulante, original y sugestiva, Colette nos decribe el paisaje y la meteorología de un universo anclado al borde del mar y que, como los personajes, mutará irremediablemente con la ll...

A Princess of Doubt. Being forced to be an Oneida princess of her father's Turtle Clan, was the worst thing that ever happened to Dancing Star. She was allowed to make no decisions of her own, and being forced to marry her most hated enemy made matters much worse. No one believed what kind of vile warrior this man was, and Dancing Star was beginning to lose all hope until. A Paralyzed Existence. Russell Powell had lost everything precious to h...

Colette takes the listener backstage and into the demimonde of Rene Nr, an aging dancer, mime, and failed writer in turn-of-the-century Paris who struggles to choose between freedom and love.

Colette takes the listener backstage and into the demimonde of Rene Nr, an aging dancer, mime, and failed writer in turn-of-the-century Paris who struggles to choose between freedom and love.

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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), dite Colette, ne Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, est une romancire franaise. Willy, le mari de Colette, lengage crire ses souvenirs dcole, quil signe sans vergogne de son seul nom. Ce sera Claudine lcole (1901), bientt suivi dune srie de Claudine (La Maison de Claudine, Claudine Paris (1902), Claudine en Mnage (1902), etc. ), dont les romans seront publis sous le nom du seul Willy. Aprs son divorce avec ...

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), dite Colette, ne Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, est une romancire franaise. Willy, le mari de Colette, lengage crire ses souvenirs dcole, quil signe sans vergogne de son seul nom. Ce sera Claudine lcole (1901), bientt suivi dune srie de Claudine (La Maison de Claudine, Claudine Paris (1902), Claudine en Mnage (1902), etc. ), dont les romans seront publis sous le nom du seul Willy. Aprs son divorce avec ...

Cheri and The Last Of Cheri involve a tragic/comic love affair. Colette (1873-1954) is the pseudonym for Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known in English speaking countries for her novel Gigi, which was later the source for the Lerner & Loewe musical film and stage musical. Cheri and The Last Of Cheri are two novels concerning a love affair between a successful but aging courtesan, Léa de Lonval, and her spoiled young lover called Chéri...

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Niente è come sembra in questi racconti usciti dalla penna di Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. L'amore, specialmente quello coniugale, è spesso il protagonista, con le sue tenerezze, complicità, consuetudini, eppure non bisogna mai dare nulla per scontato. Nemmeno di fronte a una felicità manifesta. È sufficiente la maschera di un costume da Pierrot o una mano nascosta dallo schienale di una poltrona per scardinare l'illusoria immagine di tranquilla...