Colette, prodded by her first husband, Willy, began her writing career with Claudine at School, which catapulted the young author into instant, sensational success. recorded by a literary brain always wide awake on the pillow.. . .
Janet Flanner described these books as amazing writing on the almost girlish search for the absolute of happiness in physical love .
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.
Colette, prodded by her first husband, Willy, began her writing career with Claudine at School, which catapulted the young author into instant, sensational success
