“Les beaux yeux qui ne demandent qu’à sourire! (pg. 9)”
Claudine at School
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette née le 28 janvier 1873 à Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye , et morte le 3 août 1954 à Paris, est une femme de lettres française, connue surtout comme romancière, mais qui fut aussi mime, actrice et journaliste.
Après Judith Gautier en 1910, Colette est la deuxième femme élue membre de l'académie Goncourt en 1945, dont elle devient présidente, entre 1949 et 1954.
“Les beaux yeux qui ne demandent qu’à sourire! (pg. 9)”
Claudine at School
“Dans le « programme des examens » les choses ne se passent pas comme dans la vie.”
Claudine at School
“Une femme qui lutte contre son mal est un spectacle qu'on peut nommer édifiant.”
Romans, Chambre d'hôtel, 1940
“J'aime le courage féminin, son ingéniosité à organiser une vie blessée.”
Romans, Chambre d'hôtel, 1940
Romans, La Maison de Claudine, 1922
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Moi non plus, Monsieur.
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
D'autres auteurs la concernant
Romans, La Maison de Claudine, 1922
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Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Romans, Le Blé en herbe, 1923
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
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Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Critique musicale, Au concert, 1903
Romans, La Maison de Claudine, 1922
D'autres auteurs la concernant
Romans, La Maison de Claudine, 1922
Romans, La Maison de Claudine, 1922
Romans, La Maison de Claudine, 1922
“When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.”
Claudine and Annie (1903)
“I have found my voice again and the art of using it…”
Source: The Vagabond
“To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.”
Speech on being elected to the Belgian Academy, as quoted https://books.google.com/books?id=5KMkAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22To+be+astonished+is+one+of+the+surest+ways+of+not+growing+old+too+quickly.%22+intitle%3A%22Earthly+Paradise%22+inauthor%3AColette&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22You+must+not+pity+me+because+my+sixtieth+year+finds+me+still+astonished.+To+be+astonished+is+one+of+the+surest+ways+of+not+growing+old+too+quickly.%22 in “Lady of Letters” Pt. 4, Earthly Paradise (autobiography, 1966) ed. Robert Phelps
Contexte: You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
Source: Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances: Three Short Novels
“If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles”
As quoted in Close to Colette by Maurice Goudeket
Attributed
“Wedding Day”, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
Aunt Alicia
Gigi (1945)
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
Journey for Myself (1971) “Beauties,” Quatre Saisons (c. 1928).
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
Speech on being elected to the Belgian Academy, as quoted in “Lady of Letters” Pt. 4, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
“The South of France”, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
“Whether you are dealing with an animal or a child, to convince is to weaken.”
Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932)
"The Captain", Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps
Barks and Purrs
“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.”
Source: Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932), Ch. 9
“In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.”
The Photographer’s Wife
Gigi (1945)
Speech on being elected to the Belgian Academy, as quoted in “Lady of Letters” Pt. 4, Earthly Paradise (1966) ed. Robert Phelps