Cheri the Last of Cheri - Paperback

by Colette (Author)

Cheri and The Last Of Cheri involve a tragicomic love affair. Colette (1873-1954) is the pseudonym for Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known in English speaking countries for her novel Gig, which was later the source for the a Lerner & Loewe musical film and stage musical. Cheri and The Last Of Cheri are two novels concerning a love affair between a successful but aging courtesan, L a de Lonval, and her spoiled young lover called Ch ri. The intensity of their feelings is revealed when Ch ri marries eighteen-year-old Marie-Laure.