{"product_id":"claudine-at-school-9780099422471","title":"Claudine At School","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE FILM \u003ci\u003eCOLETTE\u003c\/i\u003e, out Jan 2019.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book in Colette''s enchanting \u003ci\u003eClaudine\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColette's enchanting stories of the clever and charming Claudine were first published under her husband's name, and they were an instant sensation in early twentieth-century France. In \u003ci\u003eClaudine at School\u003c\/i\u003e we meet Claudine as a teenager, wickedly witty, rebellious and effervescent, competing with her new headmistress for the affections of the pretty mistress Miss Aimee. With her first book Colette turned her life into art and a literary icon was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA perpetual feast to the reader. Her prose is rich, flawless, intricate, audacious and utterly beautiful -- Raymond Mortimer, Vogue\u003cbr\u003eEverything that Colette touched became human * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eHer sensual prose style made her one of the great writers of 20th century France * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eAccessible and elusive; greedy and austere; courageous and timid; subversive and complacent; scorchingly honest and sublimely mendacious; an inspired consoler and an existential pessimist—these are the qualities of the artist and the woman. It is time to rediscover them -- Judith Thurman, biographer of Colette","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732220391767,"sku":"9780099422471","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/claudine-at-school-9780099422471","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}