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Colette

Born

in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, Burgundy, France

January 28, 1873

Died

August 03, 1954

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Colette was the pen name of the French novelist and actress Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known, at least in the English-speaking world, for her novella Gigi, which provided the plot for a famous Lerner & Loewe musical film and stage musical. She started her writing career penning the influential Claudine novels of books. The novel Chéri is often cited as her masterpiece.

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Average rating: 3.7 · 50,071 ratings · 5,379 reviews · 908 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chéri by Colette, Roger Senhouse (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 6,544 ratings — published 1920 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vagabond by Colette, Judith Thurman (Introduction), Enid McLeod (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 4,659 ratings — published 1910 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cheri and The Last of Cheri by Colette, Roger Senhouse (Translator), Judith Thurman (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 3,893 ratings — published 1926 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le blé en herbe 3.42 avg rating — 3,989 ratings — published 1923 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Claudine at School 3.72 avg rating — 2,904 ratings — published 1900 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gigi and The Cat 3.62 avg rating — 2,870 ratings — published 1944 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gigi 3.61 avg rating — 2,537 ratings — published 1942 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pure and the Impure by Colette, Herma Briffault (Translator), Judith Thurman (Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 2,451 ratings — published 1932 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Chatte 3.46 avg rating — 2,094 ratings — published 1933 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Claudine by Colette, Antonia White (Translator), Judith Thurman (Introduction) 4.17 avg rating — 1,684 ratings — published 1903 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Colette

Chéri (2 books)
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Colette

3.74 avg rating — 11,209 ratings

Claudine (5 books)
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Colette,

Margaret Crosland

3.83 avg rating — 7,393 ratings

Colette - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade (4 books)
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Claude Pichois (Editeur)

4.68 avg rating — 31 ratings

Quotes by Colette (?)

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
― Colette

tags: enthusiasm, foolishness, silliness, wisdom

3939 likes

“I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.”
― Colette

1989 likes

“It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses. ”
― Colette

tags: collapse, curiosity, flowers, friendly, friends, grief, letter, love, smile, tears

1794 likes

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Old School Classics - April 2026

Maurice by E.M. Forster, written 1914, published 1971, 256 pages

30 votes, 20.8%

Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, 1601, 348 pages

27 votes, 18.8%

The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen, 1835, 320 pages

25 votes, 17.4%

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton, 1913, 370 pages

20 votes, 13.9%

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, 1885, 327 pages
Last Read by the Group: 2013

20 votes, 13.9%

The Vagabond by Colette, 1910, 224 pages

17 votes, 11.8%

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg, 1824, 272 pages

5 votes, 3.5%

144 total votes

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