<b>Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman.</b><br><br><i>Ch&eacute;ri</i>, together with <i>The Last of Ch&eacute;ri</i>, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. The amour between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Ch&eacute;ri, and the courtesan L&eacute;a de Lonval tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire, and is an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and middle age. With compassionate insight Colette paints a full-length double portrait using an impressionistic style all her own. <div><b>Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman.</b><br><br><i>Ch&eacute;ri</i>, together with <i>The Last of Ch&eacute;ri</i>, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. The amour between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Ch&eacute;ri, and the courtesan L&eacute;a de Lonval tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire, and is an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and middle age. With compassionate insight Colette paints a full-length double portrait using an impressionistic style all her own.