Born into the French upper class and married into fashionable circles, Colette became notorious for her promiscuity. She had well-publicized affairs with both men and women, including the eccentric, aristocratic, cross-dressing music-hall performer Mathilde de Mornay, marquise de Belboeuf
Family and Intimate relationships
Colette
Colette
, aged sixty-two, married her third and last husband, Maurice Goudeket
, whom she had known for ten years. She had been his lover for much of this time.
Colette,. “Préface”. Lettres à Sa Fille, 1916-1953, edited by Anne de Jouvenel et al., Gallimard, 2003, pp. 7-19.
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Castle, Terry. “Yes you, sweetheart”. London Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2000, pp. 3-8.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Colette
Colette
's third husband, Maurice Goudeket
, who was Jewish, was arrested in Paris by the Gestapo
Colette,. Lettres à Sa Fille, 1916-1953. Editor Jouvenel, Anne de, Gallimard, 2003.
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Textual Production
Colette
Of the other novellas, La Dame du photographe was completed by 25 January 1944 after three months' work. Maurice Goudeket
, reading it at this stage, pronounced it beautiful. Le Conte de l'enfant malade followed...
Travel
Colette
Colette
and her third husband, Maurice Goudeket
, went to join her daughter
at Curemonte in Corrèzes, a semi-ruined de Jouvenel family chateau.
Colette,. “Préface”. Lettres à Sa Fille, 1916-1953, edited by Anne de Jouvenel et al., Gallimard, 2003, pp. 7-19.
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Colette,. Lettres à Sa Fille, 1916-1953. Editor Jouvenel, Anne de, Gallimard, 2003.