Chéri/The Last of Chéri (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Colette
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Work: Psychological romance
- Time of Work: From 1913 to 1919
- Setting: Paris and the French countryside
- Principal Characters: Cheri (Frederic Peloux), Lea de Lonval, Charlotte Peloux, Edmee, Desmond, The Pal
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Values, France or French people, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, Marriage, Prostitution or prostitutes, Paris, 1910’s, Beauty, Obsession, World War I, Lifestyles, Generation gap, Middle age, Aging, Belle époque
- Locales: Paris, France
The Novels
Even though Cheri and The Last of Cheri were published six years apart, they form one continuous love story. The two books relate the love affair between Lea, an aging courtesan, and extremely handsome but also extremely dependent Cheri; the two lovers’ ages differ by twenty-four years. Together, the novels form a structurally perfect duet.
The liaison began in 1906, as Colette recounts in a flashback: Lea was forty-three to Cheri’s nineteen when they found themselves alone, exchanged kisses out of boredom and curiosity, found their...
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Colette (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Colette (Dictionary of World Biography)Colette (Short Fiction)Colette (Long Fiction)Chéri (Masterplots Classics)Chéri (Literary Places)
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