Claudine Series by Colette, Margaret Crosland

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  • Claudine at School (Claudine #1)
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    Claudine at School (Claudine #1)

    Colette

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1900

    THE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE FILM COLETTE, out Jan 2019.The first book in Colette's enchanting Claudine series.Colette’s enchanting stories of the clever and charming Claudine were first published under her husband’s name, and they were an instant sensation in early twentieth-century France. In Claudine at School we meet Claudine as a teenager, wickedly witty, rebellious and effervescent, competing with her new headmistress for the affections of the pretty mistress Miss Aimee... more

  • Claudine in Paris (Claudine #2)
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    Claudine in Paris (Claudine #2)

    Colette

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1901

    At the age of seventeen Claudine is in despair having left her beloved Montigny for a new life in Paris. Comforted by her devoted maid Melie, her slug-obsessed Papa, and the trustworthy cat Fanchette, Claudine's instinctive curiosity gradually leads to an awakened interest in the city. Ruthless, impetuous and chastely sensual Claudine records her witty observations and adventures amongst the intriguing characters that surround her, evoking the glamour and excitement of Parisian life.

  • Claudine Married (Claudine #3)
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    Claudine Married (Claudine #3)

    Colette

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1902

    The stories that inspired the film Colette, out Jan 2019.The third book in Colette's enchanting Claudine series.Following the excitement of a shared life in Paris, Claudine's marriage to Renaud has settled into a stale pattern of bickering conversations and mutual inattention. Just as Claudine begins to fear herself confined to a stifled existence, a chance meeting with a friend's wife, the beautiful Rezi, draws her into an impassioned and heartbreaking affair... more

  • Claudine And Annie (Claudine #4)
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    Claudine And Annie (Claudine #4)

    Colette

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2001

    In this final novel in Colette's famous series it is Claudine's friend Annie who tells the story in the form of a private diary. Claudine is happily settled with her adored husband Renaud, spending her time giving wide and worldly advice to despairing Annie whose life with the boring and dominating Alain is set to dramatically change... more

  • The Complete Claudine (Claudine #1-4)
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    The Complete Claudine (Claudine #1-4)

    Colette

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1903

    Colette, prodded by her first husband, Willy, began her writing career with Claudine at School, which catapulted the young author into instant, sensational success. Among the most autobiographical of Colette's works, these four novels are dominated by the child-woman Claudine, whose strength, humor, and zest for living make her seem almost a symbol for the life force... more

  • Retreat from Love (Claudine #5)
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    Retreat from Love (Claudine #5)

    Colette, Margaret Crosland

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1907

    One of the best of the celebrated Claudine novels, this installment follows the sexual and emotional machinations of three upper-class youths in a remote farmhouse, where the protagonist of the series awaits her husband Renaud's return from a Swiss sanatorium. She distracts herself by encouraging her young friend Annie to recount salacious episodes from her love life. When Renaud's homosexual son Marcel arrives, Claudine sets about matchmaking, a fiasco she bitterly regrets... more

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