Belles Saisons: A Colette Scrapbook

by Colette, Robert Phelps (Compiler)

Although Colette was first and always a verbal artist, she was also a very original human being, an earthbound, androgynous, profoundly French female whose personality so deeply saturates everything she wrote that her life continues to interest readers as much as her art. This work helps to illuminate the mystery at the heart of this author.

Genres: Biography, France

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I keep this book on my writing desk/nightstand--a used library copy, just like the one I fell in love with while I was doing my graduate studies--and I turn to it whenever I need a little light of inspiration. It has guided me out of many a dark night. I cannot begin to imagine the breadth of research Robert Phelps must have done to compile such a concise and dazzling little treasure as this. Chock full of photographs, people and places, all ordered and framed by Colette's own words, I can turn to any page and find something worth revisiting... and quoting on my Facebook status! It gives me the feeling that she is always with me.

[reveurdart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeously put together and a great tribute to Colette.