Authors: Colette, Enid McLeod (Translator), Judith Thurman
ISBN-13: 9780374528041, ISBN-10: 0374528047
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: Second Edition
Born in 1873 in France, Colette was the author of many acclaimed novels noted for their intimate style. Other Colette titles from FSG include Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances, The Complete Claudine, Chéri and The Last of Chéri, and The Complete Stories of Colette. She died in 1954.
A vivid portrait of Parisian music hall life, this 1910 novel reflects the adventures of the author of Gigi as a dancer as well as her struggles balancing respectability and freedom.
<:st>Reprint of the 1955 edition (which is cited in , with a new 16 p. introduction by Judith Thurman. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)