The Vagabond -- Colette

Thirty-three years-old and recently divorced, Ren e N r has begun a new life on her own, supporting herself as a music-hall artist. Maxime, a rich and idle bachelor, intrudes on her independent existence and offers his love and the comforts of marriage. A provincial tour puts distance between them and enables Ren e, in a moving series of leters and meditations, to resolve alone the struggle between her need to be loved and her need to have a life and work of her own.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Colette<br><b>Publisher:</b> Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl<br><b>Published:</b> 09/05/2001<br><b>Pages:</b> 246<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.53lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.58h x 5.23w x 0.63d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780374528041<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Reference and Research Bk News</i> 11/01/2001 pg. 222<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Born in 1873 in France, <b>Colette </b>was the author of many acclaimed novels noted for their intimate style. Other Colette titles from FSG include <i>Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances</i>, <i>The Complete Claudine</i>, <i>Chéri </i><i>and The Last of </i><i>Chéri</i>, and <i>The Complete Stories of Colette</i>. She died in 1954.</p><p></p>