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DATE OF RELEASE: 27 AUG 2026

‘I was an independent, and a stray dog who answered to no one…’

Claudine lives in a large house with a rose-filled garden and a vegetable patch smelling of tomato leaves and apricots. Beyond her house is the village, where travelling performers stop for the night and wedding feasts take place under a bright summer moon. Inside her house are Mama, who loves animals, and Papa, who lost his leg in the war, and a library full of forbidden and irresistible books...

Based on Colette’s own early life, Claudine’s House is a rich and enchanting depiction of childhood, animals, flowers, trees, books, families and love in late-nineteenth-century France.

Paperback | Publication: 27 Aug 2026, Penguin Classics | ISBN: 9780241574690
Extent: 144 pages

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Claudine's House by Colette

    DATE OF RELEASE: 27 AUG 2026 ‘I was an independent, and a stray dog who answered to no one…’ Claudine... Read more

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      Description

      DATE OF RELEASE: 27 AUG 2026

      ‘I was an independent, and a stray dog who answered to no one…’

      Claudine lives in a large house with a rose-filled garden and a vegetable patch smelling of tomato leaves and apricots. Beyond her house is the village, where travelling performers stop for the night and wedding feasts take place under a bright summer moon. Inside her house are Mama, who loves animals, and Papa, who lost his leg in the war, and a library full of forbidden and irresistible books...

      Based on Colette’s own early life, Claudine’s House is a rich and enchanting depiction of childhood, animals, flowers, trees, books, families and love in late-nineteenth-century France.

      Paperback | Publication: 27 Aug 2026, Penguin Classics | ISBN: 9780241574690
      Extent: 144 pages

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