Retreat from Love

by Colette

Book Overview

The final novel of the famous Claudine series, this book is filled with the luminous insights that mark Colette's later work. Retreat from Love tells of sexuality and love in a variety of forms.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672517671
• ISBN13: 9780672517679
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Final book of the Claudine Novels. . . .

I was so happy to find this book after thinking that 'Claudine and Annie' of the four Claudine books was the last we could read of her. In this book, Colette expands upon the friendship between Claudine and Annie, and shows what becomes of the latter's timid personality and what stepson Marcel has developed into. But Claudine is the same delightful Claudine, who writes of pain, of friendship, of personal relationships, of nature, of animals freely now, uninhibited by society. For how flowing and relaxing the book reads, there are some major changes to the plot, most noticably in the end. A lovely book for anyone who wants to keep up with Claudine, or who enjoys the later works of Colette.