The Collected Stories

628 Pages·1984·59.247 MB·English

by  Colette, Robert Phelps, Antonia White, Matthew Ward, Anne-Marie Callimachi, Robert G. Phelps

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THE
COLLECTED
STORIES OF
Colette
EDITED, AND WITH
AN INTRODUCTION, BY
Robert Phelps
TRANSLATED BY
MATTHEW WARD,
ANTONIA WHITE,
ANNE-MARIE CALLIMACHI,
AND OTHERS
THE
COLLECTED
STORIES OF
Colette
FARRAR STRAUS GIROUX
NEW
YORK
Selectionand Introduction copyright © 1983 byFarrar, Straus and
©
Giroux, Inc. Translation copyright i957, 1966, 1983 by Farrar,
©
Straus and Giroux, Inc. Translation copyright 1958 by
Martin SeekerandWarburg Ltd.
Translated from the French. "Glouk/Cheri," "The QuickChange
Artist," and "The Tenor" from Mes Cahiers, copyright 1941 by
Aux Armes de France. "DialoguesforOne Voice" from Contes
des Milleet un Matins, copyright © 1970 by Flammarion. "A
Letter," "The Semiramis Bar, If I Had a Daughter ...,'"
"Rites," "NcM'ly Shorn," "Grape Hardest," "In the Boudoir," and
©
"Alix'sRefusal" from Paysages et Portraits, copyright 1958 by
Flammarion. "The 'Master " from La Chambre Eclair^, 1920 by
Edouard-Joseph. "MorningGlories," "WhatMustWeLookLike?,"
"The Cure," "Sleepless Nights," "GrayDays," "The Last Fire," and
"TheTendrilsoftheVine" from LesVrillesde laVigne, copyright 1934
byJ. FerenczietFils. "On Tour," "Bastienne'sChild," "Cheap-
Jacks," "TheMisfit," and "From theFront" from L'Envers du
Music-Hall, copyright 1913 byFlammarion. "Florie," "In theFlower
ofAge," "TheRivals," "TheRespite,"and "April" from La Fleurde
I'Age,copyright 1949 byFlammarion. "TheHiddenWoman," "Dawn"
"OneEvening," "TheHand," "ADeadEnd," "TheFox," "The
Judge," "The Omelette," "The OtherWife," "Monsieur Maurice,"
"TheBurglar," "TheAdvice," "TheMurderer," "ThePortrait,"
"TheLandscape," "TheHalf-Crazy," "Secrets, Chd,' " "The
Bracelet," "The Find," "MirrorGames," "Habit," and "The Victim"
from La Femme Cachte, copyright 1924 by Ernest Flammarion.
"TheBitch" from Douze Dialogues de Bdtes, copyright 1930 by
Mercure de France. "Bygone Spring" from La Maison de Claudine,
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Child" and "ThePhotographer'sWife" from Gigi, copyright 1945 by
Ferenczi. "The RainyMoon" fromChambred'H6tel,copyright 1940
by Fayard. "TheKepi," "The TenderShoot," "Green SealingWax,"
and "Armande" from Le K^pi, copyright 1943 by Fayard. "Gribiche,"
"The Patriarch," "The Rendezvous," and "Bella-Vista" from
Bella-Vista, copyright 1937 by J. Ferencziet Fils.
"TheHidden Woman," "Dawn," "OneEvening," "TheHand," "A
DeadEnd," "TheFox," "The Judge," "TheOtherWife," "The
Burglar," "The Murderer," "ThePortrait," "TheLandscape,"
"Secrets,"'" 'Chd,' " "TheBracelet," "TheFind," "MirrorGames,"
"Habit," "The Victim," and "My Friend Valentine" were first
published in the United States by the Bobbs-MerrillCompany, Inc.,
under thetitleThe Other Woman in 1972 and have been retranslated
for thisvolume
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Library ofCongress catalog card number: 83-16449
Designed by Cynthia Krupat
First Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback edition, J989
Sixteenthprinting,2001
Contents
Introduction by Robert Phelps • xi
A
Note on the Text • x v
Translators Acknowledgments xvii
•
PART
I
Early Stories
clouk/cheri
The Other Table • 3
The Screen • 6
Clouk Alone
• 9
Clouk's Fling • 1 2
C/ieri • 1 5
T/ie Return • 1 8
T/ie Pcfzrfe • 2 1
vi • Contents
DIALOGUES FOR ONE VOICE
Literature • 2 5
My Goddaughter • 2 7
A
Hairdresser • 3 1
A Masseuse • 3 3
My Corset Maker • 3 6
T/ie Saleswoman • 3 9
An Interview • 4 2
MY FRIEND VALENTINE
A
Letter• 4 5
The Semiramis Bar • 5 1
"1/ I Had a Daughter . . .".56
Rites • 5 9
New/y S/iorn • 6 1
Grape Harvest • 6 4
In f/ie Boudoir • 6 9
T/ie "Master" • 7 1
Morning Glories • 7 4
We
W/iat Musf Look Like? • 7 9
The Cure • 8 5
Sleepless Nights • 9 1
Gray Days
• 9 4
Tfie Lost Fire • 9 7
A Fabfe: The Tendrils of the Vine - 100
Contents • vii
PART
II
Backstage at the Music Hall
O N TOUR
The Halt * i o ^
Arrival and Rehearsal * i 08
A Bad Morning
• 1 1 1
The Circus Horse •113
The Workroom • 1 1 6
Matinee •119
The Starveling '122
'126
Love
The Hard Worker • 1 2 g
After Midnight •131
"Lola" * 1 3 4
Moments •137
of Stress
Journey s End • 1 40
'The Strike, Oh, Lord, the Strike!" -143
Bastienne's Child ' 1 4J
CHEAP-JACKS
TheAccompanist '1^4
The Cashier * i ^7
Nostalgia * 1 S 9
via Contents
'
Clever Dogs • i 6 ^
-i66
The Child Prodigy
The Misfit • i 7 o
FROM THE FRONT
"Ld Fenice' * 1 So
-183
"Gitanette"
The Victim •189
The Tenor
' 1 g 4
The Quick-Change Artist •196
Florie ' 1 g8
'20^
Gribiche
PART
III
Varieties of Human Nature
The Hidden Woman '235
Dawn '239
One Evening -242
The Hand • 2 46
A Dead End '249
The Fox '2^2
The Judge * 2 ^6
The Omelette '259
The Other Wife -26^