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Claudine At School (Claudine, 1)

Claudine At School (Claudine, 1)

by Colette (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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    Paperback 1972

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Synopsis

THE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE FILM COLETTE, out Jan 2019. The first book in Colette's enchanting Claudine series. Claudine is a headstrong, clever and extremely mischievous schoolgirl. Along with her friends - the gangly Anais, the cheerful Marie and the prim Joubert twins - Claudine wreaks havoc on her small school. Always clever, witty and charming Claudine is more than a match for her formidable headmistress as they fight for the attention of the pretty assistant Aimee. Through the games, the fun and the intricacies of school life, Colette established the captivating character of Claudine.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 01 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0099422476
ISBN 13: 9780099422471
Book Overview: 'A perpetual feast to the reader.her prose is rich, flawless, intricate, audacious and utterly beautiful' Raymond Mortimer 20001211

Media Reviews
A perpetual feast to the reader. Her prose is rich, flawless, intricate, audacious and utterly beautiful -- Raymond Mortimer, Vogue
Everything that Colette touched became human * The Times *
Her sensual prose style made her one of the great writers of 20th century France * New York Times Book Review *
She said what no man could have said, and she spoke of sensations and feelings as nobody had spoken of them before -- Andre Maurois
Author Bio
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 the writer and critic Henry Gauthiers-Viller (Willy). By locking her in her room, Willy forced Collette to write her first novels (the Claudine sequence), which he published under his name. They were an instant success. Colettte left Willy in 1906 adn spent the next six years on the stage. She remarried and had a daughter, divorced again and in 1935 married Maurice Goudeket, with whom she lived until her death in 1954. Her writing runs to fifteen volumes, novels, portraits, essays, chroniques and a large body of autobiographical prose. She was the first woman President of the Academie Goncourt, and when she died she was given a state funeral and buried in Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.