The Soldier's Hat (and Other Stories)

By Sidonie Colette

In 1943, despite her own physical disabilities and the stress of living in a Paris under Nazi occupation, Colette, aged 70, published this delightful quartet of tales.

In 'The Soldier's Hat', a middle-aged woman blossoms when an unlikely love affair embellishes her hard-working existence - until she makes a fateful mistake.
'The Tender Shoot' sees a fifty-year-old rou trounced when his roving eye falls on a fifteen-year-old country girl.
In 'The Green Sealing Wax', the success of a widow's attempt to forge her late husband's will depends on the colour of the sealing wax she uses.
'Armande' is a tale of two bashful lovers. Maxime is unable to declare his passion for Armande, nor can she express her feelings for him, until one day she shakes a door handle too violently...

A 'lost' story, 'A Wedding', from the first edition of Colette's final work of fiction, 'Gigi', completes this late flowering of Colette's exceptional talent.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915568617
• ISBN13: 9781915568618
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"