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| Original Title: | La Vagabonde |
| ISBN: | 0374528047 (ISBN13: 9780374528041) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Renée Néré, Maxime Dufferein-Chautel |
Colette
Paperback | Pages: 252 pages Rating: 3.97 | 2354 Users | 193 Reviews
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Thirty-three years-old and recently divorced, Renée Néré has begun a new life on her own, supporting herself as a music-hall artist. Maxime, a rich and idle bachelor, intrudes on her independent existence and offers his love and the comforts of marriage. A provincial tour puts distance between them and enables Renée, in a moving series of letters and meditations, to resolve alone the struggle between her need to be loved, and her need to have a life and work of her own.
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| Title | : | The Vagabond |
| Author | : | Colette |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 252 pages |
| Published | : | September 5th 2001 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published 1910) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Cultural. France. European Literature. French Literature |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 2354 Users | 193 ReviewsPiece About Books The Vagabond
Renée is the coolest woman ive never met.Can a book save your life? I believe so. Through some foresight I stuffed this book in my hospital bag before being admitted to the Dickensian Royal Aberdeen Infirmary where I almost died of complications with asthma and influenza type A. I clung to the details of life force in the book-- while struggling to breathe and to get care in the grim institution where I was to get well. I read certain pages over and over, immersing myself in the joy of the prose. I tried to read this book as a young
This book is a gift. The writing is perfection. I'm so grateful to have found it. There is so much of myself in this story.
(Revised and pictures added 4/20) Long before Cher and Madonna thought they invented first names only, there was Colette (1873-1954). (Theres a word for that: mononymous.) And long before gay rights, Collette, who was bisexual, flaunted her numerous lesbian affairs. Of course this was Paris, not Peoria. In addition to being an author, Colette was a stage performer actress, mime and dancer and that time of her life informs this book, considered an early feminist novel.So our main character is a
Well, this was NOT for me. My book club discussed this last night, but couldn't really participate in the discussion of the novel. I could barely read two pages without looking for the exits (so to speak). So I supplied biographical information I learned from reading the Judith Thurman biography of Colette.
This was great - the story of 34 year old divorced Renee finding her way on her own as a vaudeville performer, and working through loneliness, desires, friendships and relationships. Very proto feminist and excellent- will definitely read more Colette.
interesting that I accidentally read this as a companion to gerwig's little women. much to consider. I'll probably read Gigi eventually
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