LA Vagabonde [Audio Cassette]

Colette (Author), Johanna Ward (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

Newly divorced Rene+a7e Ne+a7re+a7, supporting herself as a music-hall entertainer, meets wealthy, idle Maxime and struggles to reconcile her need for love with her need for a life of her own. Reprint.

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Published in 1910, this heavily autobiographical novel follows dancer and mime Renee Nere through the dance halls of Paris, a life Colette lived for several years.
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From AudioFile

The life of a dance-hall performer struggling to maintain her hard-won independence in the face of an ardent suitor is the subject of this largely autobiographical story. Johanna Ward plays the role well of this aging (34) dancer who has a detachment from and mild disdain for her colleagues, arising in part from her former marriage to a man of position and money. Ward presents the controlled, but deep, emotion of this woman struggling to release the pain and frustration of an abusive first marriage and to enjoy the almost painfully awkward ardor of her suitor. The many French phrases and names, delivered with fluency, may be a bit daunting to some but become comfortably familiar as the story progresses. J.E.M. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786111186
• ISBN-13: 978-0786111183
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,760,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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