Who still reads Colette ? Do not forget there not a bit? Two of his books: Sido the story of his mother and Gigi seem to be absolute masterpieces. In fact
Colette is not his first name, but the name his father, Captain Colette. Yet
about Colette is above all things about her mother, Adele Eugenie Sidonie-Landoys, Sido said that his conscience will remain rustic and give him a taste of freedom. Sido from the young Colette has a fairly liberal education: by age, the joys of nature and the pleasure of reading free
From this childhood in Burgundy, it retains a deep awareness of nature mingling with often provocative sensuality. On one side, trellises and gardens, dawn and dusk, on the other agitation mysterious animals and men and an innocent impudence. A whiff of scandal will accompany often: "You're not a suitable wife, Colette, Jean Anouilh tell him. You are the proud immodesty, the quiet amusement, the insolent liberty, the very type of girl who loses institutions the most sacred and families. "
For over half a century, Claudine published in 1900 until terrestrial Paradise (1953) , it will publish a variety of novels and reap honors and glory. Elected to the Académie Goncourt in the chair of Sacha Guitry, promoted to Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1953, the year she died follows. Her funeral will cause a scandal since last benefit both state funeral in the courtyard of the Palais Royal, while the Catholic Church refuses to show this woman twice divorced, a religious burial.
Colette is not his first name, but the name his father, Captain Colette. Yet
about Colette is above all things about her mother, Adele Eugenie Sidonie-Landoys, Sido said that his conscience will remain rustic and give him a taste of freedom. Sido from the young Colette has a fairly liberal education: by age, the joys of nature and the pleasure of reading free
From this childhood in Burgundy, it retains a deep awareness of nature mingling with often provocative sensuality. On one side, trellises and gardens, dawn and dusk, on the other agitation mysterious animals and men and an innocent impudence. A whiff of scandal will accompany often: "You're not a suitable wife, Colette, Jean Anouilh tell him. You are the proud immodesty, the quiet amusement, the insolent liberty, the very type of girl who loses institutions the most sacred and families. "
For over half a century, Claudine published in 1900 until terrestrial Paradise (1953) , it will publish a variety of novels and reap honors and glory. Elected to the Académie Goncourt in the chair of Sacha Guitry, promoted to Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1953, the year she died follows. Her funeral will cause a scandal since last benefit both state funeral in the courtyard of the Palais Royal, while the Catholic Church refuses to show this woman twice divorced, a religious burial.
But back to this delicate masterpiece what Gigi . The story is simple. How is a true love in an environment tainted: Granddaughter and niece adored by two half-worldly Gigi applies to delicately eat lobster with American, to distinguish a Topaz with a diamond daffodil and especially not to attend ordinary people. He learned his craft future large casserole. But Gigi and Gaston Lachaille, the wealthy heir of the sugars of the same name, decide otherwise ...
Gigi, independent teenager and disconcerting ingenuity, refuses to follow the model of women who are connecting on. She dreams of a passionate love like the books she devours: "Anna Karenina" or "Phaedra " ... "One life to accept a man I do not like is worse than poverty, it's slavery! " Gigi claims, as opposed to her friend Lydia who wants "live where it feels good, where it shines, where it dance."
Gigi is one of the few happy romance novels of Colette,
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