Colette: With Book (Well-Spoken Companion Series) [Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Colette (Author)

Book Description

Series: Well-Spoken Companion Series | Publication Date: December 1996

Leslie Caron, the star of the musical Gigi, brilliantly performs selections from Colette's autobiography, Earthly Paradise. A touchstone of womanly wisdom, Colette wrote of the extraordinary bond between mother and daughter. A luminous presentation from the Victoria Magazine Well-Spoken Companions series, recorded live at Merkin Hall in New York. 1 cassette.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Novelist Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette (1873-1954) gave a woman's voice of immense insight, wit, sensitivity and boulevard charm to the Belle Epoque. Leslie Caron, the baby-faced ballerina discovered by Gene Kelly, delightfully played Colette's gamine Gigi in the Lerner and Loewe musical film version of the 1943 novella or, more properly, recit...Leslie Caron is delightfully portraying French writer Colette with selections from the author's memoirs and various short stories." -- B'Nai B'Rith Life, January/February 1997

About the Author

Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette (1873-1954) was born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France. Her early books were written in collaboration with her first husband, Henri Gauthier-Villars (pseudonym Willy); after their divorce in 1906 she appeared in music-halls in dance and mime, then settled as a writer. Her novels include the Claudine series (1900--3), Chri (1920), and Gigi (1945). She won many awards for her work, and became a legendary figure in Paris.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Audio Partners; Unabridged edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572700289
• ISBN-13: 978-1572700284
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,447,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)