The Complete Claudine by Colette [FIRST EDITION OMNIBUS / 1984]

The Complete Claudine by Colette [ Claudine at School; Claudine in Paris; Claudine Married; Claudine and Annie]

FIRST EDITION OMNIBUS [1984] AVENEL BOOKS

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition with only light wear.   Tiny spot stain to bottom of dust jacket. 

Colette, prodded by her first husband, Willy, began her writing career with Claudine at School, which catapulted the young author into instant, sensational success. 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.

Janet Flanner described these books as "amazing writing on the almost girlish search for the absolute of happiness in physical love . . . recorded by a literary brain always wide awake on the pillow."