Gigi

Gigi, a teenage girl in fin-de-siecle Paris, is being groomed by her family to become a high-class courtesan, just like her aunt and grandmother before her. But despite their best efforts, their timid protegee may have other ideas for her future... Colette''s famous novella is a sly and delicate depiction of exploitation and resistance, and is paired here with the wonderful short story ''The Cat''.

Product details

• Authors: Colette
• Assisted by: Belinda Jack (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 04.06.2026
• EAN: 9780241574713
• ISBN: 978-0-241-57471-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Paris (City), Relating to adolescence / teenage years, FICTION / Feminist, FICTION / World Literature / France / 20th Century, Novella (Short Novel), Classic fiction: general and literary, c 1871 to c 1914 (Belle Époque period), Classic fiction: literary and general