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Colette


Born
in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, Burgundy, France
January 28, 1873

Died
August 03, 1954

Genre
Literature & Fiction


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.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.76 · 35,229 ratings · 3,266 reviews · 296 distinct works • Similar authors
Chéri
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3.68 avg rating — 4,287 ratings — published 1920 — 133 editions
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The Vagabond
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3.95 avg rating — 3,083 ratings — published 1910 — 81 editions
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Cheri and The Last of Cheri
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3.90 avg rating — 3,090 ratings — published 1926 — 45 editions
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The Ripening Seed
3.46 avg rating — 2,484 ratings — published 1923 — 73 editions
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Gigi / The Cat
3.68 avg rating — 2,177 ratings — published 1944 — 18 editions
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Claudine at School
3.73 avg rating — 2,036 ratings — published 1900 — 53 editions
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The Pure and the Impure
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3.65 avg rating — 1,833 ratings — published 1932 — 32 editions
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Gigi
3.65 avg rating — 1,795 ratings — published 1942 — 47 editions
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The Complete Claudine
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4.18 avg rating — 1,526 ratings — published 1903 — 17 editions
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The Collected Stories
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4.12 avg rating — 1,108 ratings — published 1958 — 13 editions
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Series by Colette

Chéri The Last of Cheri
(2 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 7,891 ratings

Claudine at School Claudine in Paris Claudine Married Claudine and Annie Retreat from Love
(5 books)
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3.86 avg rating — 5,600 ratings

Oeuvres, Tome I Colette, Tome 2 Oeuvres, Tome III Oeuvres, Tome IV
(4 books)
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4.67 avg rating — 27 ratings

Quotes by Colette  (?)
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“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
― Colette
tags: enthusiasm, foolishness, silliness, wisdom
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“I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.”
― Colette
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“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
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Polls

December 2016 New School Classic Poll

 
  57 votes, 20.9%

White Fang by Jack London, 252 pages, 1906
 
  45 votes, 16.5%

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pgs, 1995
 
  33 votes, 12.1%

 
  33 votes, 12.1%

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, 468 pgs, 1913
 
  26 votes, 9.5%

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, 483 pgs, 1993
 
  16 votes, 5.9%

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas, 176 pgs, 1960
 
  14 votes, 5.1%

Queer by William S. Burroughs, 160 pgs, 1985
 
  14 votes, 5.1%

 
  11 votes, 4.0%

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, 368 pgs, 1915
 
  10 votes, 3.7%

The Vagabond by Colette, 252 pgs, 1910
 
  10 votes, 3.7%

 
  4 votes, 1.5%

273 total votes
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