Cheri and the Last of Cheri by Colette

Cheri, together with The Last of Cheri, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. The amour between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Cheri, and the courtesan Lea de Lonval tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire, and is an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and middle age. With compassionate insight Colette paints a full-length double portrait using an impressionistic style all her own.

"A wonderful subject [treated with] intelligence, mastery, and understanding of the least-admitted secrets of the flesh." ? Andre Gide

About the author:
Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873–1954) was a French author and woman of letters nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948; also known as a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette was most widely known for her 1944 novella "Gigi" (1944), which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name.

This book is part of the "Cheri" series.
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