Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances - Three Short Novels (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman.

Perhaps Colette's best-known work, Gigi is the story of a young girl being raised in a household more concerned with success and money than with the desires of the heart. But Gigi is uninterested in the dishonest society life she observes all around her and remains exasperatingly Gigi. The tale of Gigi's success in spite of her anxious family is Colette at her liveliest and most entertaining. Written during the same period as Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, based on Colette's last years with her second husband, focuses on a contest of wills between Julie, an elegant woman of forty, and her ex-husband. Chance Acquaintances, a novella, involves an invalid wife, her philandering husband, and a music-hall dancer whose odd meeting at a French spa affects and indelibly marks each one of their lives.

General

Imprint:	Farrar Straus Giroux
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	October 2001
Authors:	Colette
Translators:	Roger Senhouse
Introduction by:	Judith Thurman
Translators:	Patrick Leigh Fermor
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	309
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-374-52785-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-374-52785-7
Barcode:	9780374527853

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