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21%OFFColette - Claudine in Paris - 9780099422525 - V9780099422525
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Claudine in Paris

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Description for Claudine in Paris Paperback. Claudine is in despair, having left her beloved Montigny for a new life in Paris. But her instinctive curiosity gradually leads to an awakened interest in the city. She records her witty observations and adventures amongst the intriguing characters that surround her. Translator(s): White, Antonia. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.

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The second book in Colette's enchanting Claudine series.

Seventeen-year-old Claudine is in despair having left her beloved village Montigny for a new life in Paris. Comforted by her devoted maid Melie, her slug-obsessed Papa, and the trustworthy cat Fanchette, Claudine’s instinctive curiosity gradually leads to an awakened interest in the city. Ruthless and sensual, Claudine records her sharp observations and adventures amongst the intriguing characters that surround her, evoking all the glamour and excitement of Parisian life.

Written with striking realism Claudine in Paris is an inspiring ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099422525
SKU
V9780099422525
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About Colette
Colette, the creator of Claudine, Cheri and Gigi, and one of France’s outstanding writers, had a long, varied and active life. She was born in Burgundy on 1873 into a home overflowing with dogs, cats and children, and educated at the local village school. At the age of twenty she moved to Paris with her first husband, the notorious writer ... Read more

Reviews for Claudine in Paris
Accessible and elusive; greedy and austere; courageous and timid; subversive and complacent; scorchingly honest and sublimely mendacious; an inspired consoler and an existential pessimist—these are the qualities of the artist and the woman. It is time to rediscover them.
Judith Thurman, biographer of Colette Her sensual prose style made her one of the great writers of twentieth-century France
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