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74 ratings, 3.74 average rating, 6 reviews
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published
2000
(first published 1944)
by Penguin Books Ltd
binding
Paperback, 160 pages
isbn
0141183160
(isbn13: 9780141183169)
description
Gigi and The Cat are two novellas from the French novelist Colette.
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Perfect little novella. I loved it! It was small enough to read in one sitting. The joy jumped off the pages. It's the perfect reading for a cold February evening.
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Read in January, 1994
This is a very sweet book (in a wierd way considering that it's about a girl who they are trying to train to be a courtesan). Gigi's voice is truthful and knowing--and makes a choice where one did not exist before.
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Read in November, 2007
I always wanted to read this to see if it was as creepy as the movie. And while it doesn't have the ultimate creepitude of Maurice Chevalier crooning about little girls, the answer is yes, yes it is.
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Read in February, 2008
Wonderful short fiction piece about a young Parisian girl at the turn of the century who wants more from her life than to be a courtesan, much to the dismay of her elderly aunt and grandmother.
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Read in January, 1962
Remarquably fresh story of a young girl training to be a prostitute yet keeps a large portion of her sky blue.
Written with tenderness, honesty and poetry.
Written with tenderness, honesty and poetry.
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Read in January, 2006
Explained more about the movie I saw as a child, similarly named. As I read it, I could not get Charles Boyer out of my head. Fun and outdated.
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