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082	1		_a92 COL _2
100	1		_aThurman, Judith
245	1	0	_aSecrets of the flesh, a life of Colette _c/ Judith Thurman
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, c1999
300			_a592 p. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn 1900, a provincial beauty best known as the child bride of a famous Parisian rake captivated the Belle Epoque by writing a story that invented the modern teenage girl. It was the first in a series of wildly popular but also critically acclaimed novels that, combined with a flamboyant career on the stage, made this former country girl the first authentic superstar of the century. But for all her celebrity as one of France's greatest and most notorious novelists and personalities, Sidonic-Gabrielle Colette was a profoundly reticent and self-suspicious creature who fiercely resists being known.
546			_aEnglish.
586			_aNational Book Awarf finalist.
600	1	4	_aColette, Sidonie-Gabrielle _d, 1873-1954
650		4	_aAuthors, French _y-20th century _v--Biography
942			_cMO
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