The Provocative Colette
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Movie "Colette" coming in September starring Keira Knightley! From her marriage at the age of 20, until her divorce, this snapshot of Colette's life focuses on her formative years. Incredibly complex, powerfully determined, truly gifted, Colette challenged herself to reinvent her life and assert herself as a free woman. In her day, her behavior scandalized and vexed the establishment. But in the end, she helped to free women in their thinking and became member and then president of France's prestigious Academie Goncourt, among many other honors as one of France's preeminent authors. For mature readers.
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The Provocative Colette is a graphic novel of the life of the author Colette, from the time of her marriage at 20 to her divorce. Colette grew up in the country and married a man known for his many affairs. He was a writer and he encouraged Colette to write. He took the credit for her early writings, and he continued to have affairs during their marriage. He encouraged her to do likewise, and so she did, having affairs with both men and women, and writing about these, shocking society with her behavior.
