Collected Stories of Colette

Collected Stories of Colette PDF Author: Colette
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374518653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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100 stories dating from 1908 to 1945.

Collected Stories of Colette

Collected Stories of Colette PDF Author: Colette
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374518653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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100 stories dating from 1908 to 1945.

Once Removed

Once Removed PDF Author: Colette Sartor
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820355690
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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The women in the linked short story collection Once Removed carry the burdens imposed in the name of intimacy--the secrets kept, the lies told, the disputes initiated--as well as the joy that can still manage to triumph. A singer with a damaged voice and an assumed identity befriends a silent, troubled child; an infertile law professor covets a tenant's daughterly affection; a new mother tries to shield her infant from her estranged mother's surprise Easter visit; an aging shopkeeper hides her husband's decline and a decades-old lie to keep her best friends from moving away. With depth and an acute sense of the fragility of intimate connection, Colette Sartor creates stories of women that resonate with emotional complexity. Some of these women possess the fierce natures and long, vengeful memories of expert grudge holders. Others avoid conflict at every turn, or so they tell themselves. For all of them, grief lies at the core of love.

Secrets of the Flesh

Secrets of the Flesh PDF Author: Judith Thurman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307789810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 636

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A scandalously talented stage performer, a practiced seductress of both men and women, and the flamboyant author of some of the greatest works of twentieth-century literature, Colette was our first true superstar. Now, in Judith Thurman's Secrets of the Flesh, Colette at last has a biography worthy of her dazzling reputation. Having spent her childhood in the shadow of an overpowering mother, Colette escaped at age twenty into a turbulent marriage with the sexy, unscrupulous Willy--a literary charlatan who took credit for her bestselling Claudine novels. Weary of Willy's sexual domination, Colette pursued an extremely public lesbian love affair with a niece of Napoleon's. At forty, she gave birth to a daughter who bored her, at forty-seven she seduced her teenage stepson, and in her seventies she flirted with the Nazi occupiers of Paris, even though her beloved third husband, a Jew, had been arrested by the Gestapo. And all the while, this incomparable woman poured forth a torrent of masterpieces, including Gigi, Sido, Cheri, and Break of Day. Judith Thurman, author of the National Book Award-winning biography of Isak Dinesen, portrays Colette as a thoroughly modern woman: frank in her desires, fierce in her passions, forever reinventing herself. Rich with delicious gossip and intimate revelations, shimmering with grace and intelligence, Secrets of the Flesh is one of the great biographies of our time. NOTE: This edition does not include a photo insert.

The Rainy Moon and Other Stories

The Rainy Moon and Other Stories PDF Author: Colette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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The Collected Stories of Colette

The Collected Stories of Colette PDF Author: Colette
Publisher: Viking Press
ISBN: 9780140081077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 605

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The Claudine Novels

The Claudine Novels PDF Author: Colette
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 566

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Claudine fills a diary with her experiences growing up in France.

Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances

Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances PDF Author: Colette
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374527853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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"Gigi" is the story of a young girl being raised in a household more concerned with success and money than with the desires of the heart. But Gigi is uninterested in the dishonest society life she observes all around her and remains exasperatingly Gigi ... "Julie de Carneilhan," focuses on a contest of wills between Julie, an elegant woman of forty, and her ex-husband. "Chance Acquaintances," a novella, involves an invalid wife, her philandering husband, and a music-hall dancer whose odd meeting at a French spa affects and indelibly marks each one of their lives.-Back cover.

Earthly Paradise

Earthly Paradise PDF Author: Colette
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9780374513085
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Gigi

Gigi PDF Author: Colette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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In these two stories, Colette reveals her grasp of the politics of love. Gigi is being educated in the skills of the courtesan. However, when it comes to the question of Gaston Lachaille, she does not want to obey the rules. This translation originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1953.

The Ripening Seed = (Le Blé En Herbe)

The Ripening Seed = (Le Blé En Herbe) PDF Author: 1873-1954 Colette
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781013576515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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