Download or read book Chéri written by Colette and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2025-05-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Paris’s demi-monde at the beginning of the twentieth century, Chéri by Colette is a passionate story of devotion, misplaced desire and the passage of time. Chéri is part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by Janet Flanner, who was an extraordinary writer and journalist. She was the Paris correspondent for The New Yorker for fifty years. Fred Peloux, affectionately nicknamed Chéri, is handsome, spoilt and frivolous. Until now he’s lived a life of hedonistic luxury, and has been indulged in his every desire. His long-term love affair with Léa de Lonval, a beautiful, ageing courtesan, has run its course, and persuaded by both his mother and Léa, he finally agrees to marry the young and beautiful Edmée. But Léa feels her young lover’s absence more keenly than expected. And as Chéri comes to terms with a new way of living, he begins to realize that he is very much in love . . . but not with Edmée.