Colette's France
Subtitle: her lives, her loves
By: Jane Gilmour
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781742705354
Subjects: French Women authors; Biography; French Authors
Description: French author Colette has a special place in French literary history, her life and writing novels Cheri, Gigli and the Claudine series spanned the renowned artistic period of Belle Epoque Paris, the art scene in the South of France and war time Paris. Her companions were all the great French writers and artists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: in the footsteps of Colette --; title: Childhood in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye --; title: Childhood paradise -- lost and regained --; title: Marriage and Belle Époque Paris --; title: Living alone: le Domaine des Monts-Bouccons --; title: Brittany: the vagabond years --; title: Madame la Baronne -- Castel-Novel, journalism and motherhood --; title: Provence: a new love --; title: The Palais-Royal: another war in Paris --; title: The blue lantern --; title: Epilogue: closing the circle.