Colette (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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Colette, whose complete works fill sixteen large volumes, is best known for her novels. Her first success, La Vagabonde (1911; The Vagabond, 1955), was followed by its sequel, L’Entrave (1913; The Shackle, 1964), and in time by Chéri (1920; English translation, 1929), La Maison de Claudine (1922; My Mother’s House, 1953, a novelized autobiography of her early years that followed four Claudine novels, published from 1900 through 1903 under her first husband’s name), La Fin de Chéri (1926; The...

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