Colette: Claudine at School, Gebunden
Claudine at School
- Publisher:
- MacMillan Collector's Library, 06/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781035050246
- Item number:
- 11891676
- Volume:
- 368 Pages
- Weight:
- 204 g
- Format:
- 158 x 102 mm
- Thickness:
- 21 mm
- Release date:
- 3.6.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
Claudine lives in a small rural village in France and attends the local girls school. Headstrong, rebellious and a lover of mischief, she knows how to fill her days with adventure.
Claudine at School is part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated from French by Janet Flanner, who was an extraordinary writer and journalist. She was the Paris correspondent for The New Yorker for fifty years.
From gossip to exams, to crushes and betrayals, Claudine treats us like her closest friend, telling us her deepest secrets. In a day-to-day account of her life at school, we learn that she falls head over heels in love with Miss Aimee - one of her teachers - which leads to a brief affair; she provocatively plays with the affections of a young pupil; and she boldly defies the strict headmistress. Clever, crafty and fiercely independent, Claudine thrives at the centre of the action.
Immensely witty, utterly charming and closely reminiscent of Colette's own life, Claudine at School is a love letter to rural France and the joie de vivre of youth.
This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is introduced by acclaimed writer Paul Bailey.
Biography
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) galt in Deutschland lange als Unterhaltungsautorin, deren Bücher von Eltern und ihren pubertierenden Kindern wegen der "frivolen" Stellen geschätzt wurden. In Frankreich dagegen wurde Colette bereits zu Lebzeiten als Schriftstellerin anerkannt und zur ersten weiblichen Präsidentin der Académie Goncourt berufen. Marcel Proust nannte sie "das menschlichste Herz in der modernen französischen Literatur".
