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What a delight to read Colette again after so many years! Her writing is both spirited and lyrical, clever and beautiful. It's almost as if it's a concrete manifestation of her character.
These two novellas are very different, and some would say it's odd that they are collected together, but they actually compliment each other. First is Gigi, a bubbly, funny, and witty story about a young girl who is being trained to be a courtesan. There's love that goes beyond what others want and subverts expe ...more
These two novellas are very different, and some would say it's odd that they are collected together, but they actually compliment each other. First is Gigi, a bubbly, funny, and witty story about a young girl who is being trained to be a courtesan. There's love that goes beyond what others want and subverts expe ...more
I've been watching the movie religiously since I was in kindergarten. Back then I just took it as some sort of Cinderella story with nice music, and the older I get the more I got out of the story. Now I finally read the book, I still love the characters, the settings, the rich observation of these people's lives (nobody can create a female character like Colette!).
I'm still trying to imagine what would an eau-de-nil Persephone corset with rococo roses embroidered on the suspenders look like...
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I'm still trying to imagine what would an eau-de-nil Persephone corset with rococo roses embroidered on the suspenders look like...
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