Cherie and The Last of Cherie (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Worth buying if: You enjoy Colette's intimate psychology and Parisian stage settings.
Skip it if: You want plot-driven thrillers rather than introspective novellas.
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Summary
Two linked novellas trace the tempestuous life of Cherie: her intoxicating rise in Parisian theatre and the later, quieter confrontation with aging, desire, and identity in Colette's sharp, sensuous prose across 256 pages.
Why this book now
This Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics edition brings Colette's early examinations of celebrity, gender, and performance back into contemporary conversations about fame and female.
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- You enjoy Colette's intimate psychology and Parisian stage settings.
- You read literary novellas about fame, aging, and theatrical life.
- You want plot-driven thrillers rather than introspective novellas.
- You prefer modern colloquial language over Colette's early 20th-century prose.
- You only want something with very current references and examples.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780140183177
Worth buying if: You enjoy Colette's intimate psychology and Parisian stage settings.
Skip it if: You want plot-driven thrillers rather than introspective novellas.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
Reader guide
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At about 256 pages, this pair of novellas is a moderate commitment—readable in several focused sittings to savor Colette's sentences and shifting scenes.
What stands out here
Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics highlights Colette's original voice and places Cherie in a curated sequence of modern classics with clean text and contextual frontmatter.
Best way to approach it
Approach slowly: pause to register Colette's sensory detail and the theatrical imagery, and reread key passages to appreciate emotional nuance.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780140183177
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