Chéri by Colette
"Chéri" by Colette is a novel published in 1920. It tells the story of an affair between Léa, a forty-nine-year-old retired courtesan, and Chéri, her lover of six years who is twenty-five. When Chéri prepares to marry a young woman his own age, both he and Léa must confront what their relationship truly means. Set against the backdrop of Parisian high society, this intimate portrait explores aging, desire, and the painful recognition
of love discovered too late. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Colette, 1873-1954 |
|---|---|
| Title | Chéri |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A9ri_(novel) |
| Credits | Produced by Anne Soulard, Nicole Apostola, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Young men -- Fiction |
| Subject | France -- Fiction |
| Subject | Courtesans -- Fiction |
| Subject | Middle-aged women -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 6484 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Nov 19, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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