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Gigi

Colette

  • 182 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1900
  • 21 editions
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1 About this book

Gigi is a 1944 novella by French writer Colette. The plot focuses on a young Parisian girl being groomed for a career as a courtesan and her relationship with the wealthy cultured man who falls in love with her and eventually marries her. -- taken from Wikipedia.

  • Social life and customs
  • 20th century
  • Novella

2 About Colette

1873–1954

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (French:; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette or as Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name.

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