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The Innocent Libertine

by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781915568625
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Dedalus Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Dedalus Ltd
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  • Pages: 230
  • Original Price: USD 15.99
  • Language: English
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  • Item Weight: 210 grams
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The Innocent Libertine was among the earliest works to be published by Colette under her own name.

n this novel of two parts - originally two separate novellas - we see the heroine Minne at two stages in her life. The cherished teenager, only child of a devoted mother, has a secret life: she wishes to belong to one of the street gangs who roam the outer boulevards of Paris. Her desire for excitement, power and love, drives the innocent into a dangerous adventure.

Years later, as a married woman, she remains dissatisfied. She takes lovers, none of whom can make her a 'whole woman'. Only when her marital crisis reaches an extreme pitch does she find the answer, in an unexpected place.

Anderson, Graham: - Graham Anderson was born in London. After reading French and Italian at Cambridge, he worked on the books pages of City Limits and reviewed fiction for The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph. As a translator, he has developed versions of French plays, both classic and contemporary.For Dedalus he has translated from French Sappho by Alphonse Daudet, Chasing the Dream and A Woman's Affair by Liane de Pougy, This was the Man (Lui) by Louise Colet and The Woman, This Man(Elle et Lui) by George Sand, The Innocent Libertine and The Soldier's Hat (and other stories) by Colette

Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle: - Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was born in rural Burgundy in 1873. At twenty, she married Henry Gauthier-Villars, known as "Willy", a critic, journalist and man of letters, fourteen years older than herself. Soon immersed in his Parisian literary world, she wrote for him the sensational and highly successful Claudine series of novels. But the pair separated in 1906 and were divorced in 1910. Her writing career continued in spite of much turmoil, including spells as a dancer, mime artist and actor. On her death in August 1954, she became the first woman in France to be honoured by a state funeral.

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