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Colette began writing Break of Day in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the C te d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme--the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched... Read Full Overview

Dans le village de Montigny, les ann es cinquante, Claudine voque sa vie quotidienne. Jeune coli re en derni re ann e de coll ge, elle doit passer le brevet l mentaire. Intelligente, insolente avec un sens de l'observation aiguis , elle raconte les rites de la classe, les... Read Full Overview

Colette began writing "Break of Day" in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme -- the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched... Read Full Overview

Colette began writing "Break of Day" in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme -- the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched... Read Full Overview