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Colette

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette was born on January 28, 1873. After she married her first husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars, better known as Willy, she began writing.  Her first books were the Claudine series, loosely based on her own life.  She wrote stories and novels, some of which became plays or films such as Cheri and Gigi. She received many French literary honors and was the first woman to be given a French state funeral. She died on August 3, 1954.

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Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Colette. The Collected Stories of Colette. 1989.

                      Call Number:  PQ2605 .O28 A285 1989

• Corbin, Laurie. The Mother Mirror: Self-Representation and the Mother-Daughter Relation in Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, and Marguerite Duras. 2001.

                        Call Number:  PQ307 .A65 C65 2001

• Davidson, Cathy N. (ed.).  The Lost Tradition: Mothers and Daughters in Literature. 1980. Call Number:  PN56.5 .M67 L6 1980
• Strand, Dana. Colette: A Study of the Short Fiction. 1995.

                      Call Number:  PQ2605 .O28 Z8345 1995

• Thurman, Judith. Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette. 2000.

                    Call Number:  PQ2605 .O28 Z836 2000

Reference Materials

• Dictionary of Literary Biography. - Call Number:  REF PS221 .D5 
• Vol. 65, pg. 42-66
• Short Story Criticism - Call Number:  REF PN3321 .S5 
• Vol. 10, pg. 251-297  
• Twentieth Century Authors. 1942. - Call Number:  REF PN771 .K86
•   pg. 299-300  
• Twentieth Century Authors First Supplement .1955. - Call Number:  REF PN771 .K86
• Suppl. 1, pg. 215-216 
• Twentieth Century Literary Criticism - Call Number:  REF PN771 .G27
• Vol. 1,  pg. 190-194   
• Vol. 5,  pg. 162-174   
• Vol. 16,  pg. 114-140 

Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• Biography Resource Center
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check the LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance. 

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Last Revised on March 31, 2005