The Vagabond
The Vagabond is Colette's subversive and witty tale of a dancer in Belle Époque France, presented here in a fresh new Penguin Classics translation.
Renée, aged thirty-three and divorced from her serially unfaithful husband, reinvents herself as a dancer in France's music halls. When a wealthy suitor appears, promising marriage and stability, Renée must choose between the security he represents and her hard-won life as an artist.
Colette's great novel of the stage is based on her own experiences as a struggling music hall performer following her own divorce. By turns melancholy and funny, it is a pioneering work of autofiction and a vivid portrayal of one woman's quest for freedom.
The Vagabond is Colette's subversive and witty tale of a dancer in Belle Époque France, presented here in a fresh new Penguin Classics translation.
Renée, aged thirty-three and divorced from her serially unfaithful husband, reinvents herself as a dancer in France's music halls. When a wealthy suitor appears, promising marriage and stability, Renée must choose between the security he represents and her hard-won life as an artist.
Colette's great novel of the stage is based on her own experiences as a struggling music hall performer following her own divorce. By turns melancholy and funny, it is a pioneering work of autofiction and a vivid portrayal of one woman's quest for freedom.
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The Vagabond is Colette's subversive and witty tale of a dancer in Belle Époque France, presented here in a fresh new Penguin Classics translation.
Renée, aged thirty-three and divorced from her serially unfaithful husband, reinvents herself as a dancer in France's music halls. When a wealthy suitor appears, promising marriage and stability, Renée must choose between the security he represents and her hard-won life as an artist.
Colette's great novel of the stage is based on her own experiences as a struggling music hall performer following her own divorce. By turns melancholy and funny, it is a pioneering work of autofiction and a vivid portrayal of one woman's quest for freedom.
