
The Cat
Colette(Author)
Vintage Classics (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-5299-8360-9 (ISBN)
Description
Colette's elegant, unsettling study of love turned hostile - and all because of a cat.
A young marriage begins to sour, poisoned by rivalry and resentment. At its centre is a cat - adored by the husband, despised by the wife - whose presence exposes the quiet cruelty and emotional imbalance of the household.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
A young marriage begins to sour, poisoned by rivalry and resentment. At its centre is a cat - adored by the husband, despised by the wife - whose presence exposes the quiet cruelty and emotional imbalance of the household.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
108 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5299-8360-9 (9781529983609)
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Colette, the creator of Claudine, Cheri and Gigi, and one of France's outstanding writers, had a long, varied and active life. She was born in Burgundy on 1873 into a home overflowing with dogs, cats and children, and educated at the local village school. At the age of twenty she moved to Paris with her first husband, the notorious writer and critic Henry Gauthier-Villas (Willy). By locking her in her room, Willy forced Collette to write her first novels (the Claudine sequence), which he published under his name. They were an instant success. Colettte left Willy in 1906 and worked in music-halls as an actor and dancer. She had a love affair with Napoleon's niece, married twice more, had a baby at 40 and at 47. Her writing, which included novels, portraits, essays and a large body of autobiographical prose, was admired by Proust and Gide. She was the first woman President of the Academie Goncourt, and when she died, aged 81, she was given a state funeral and buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.