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Colette

(1873–1954)

French novelist

“Only in this sun-steeped country can a heavy table, a wicker chair, an earthenware jar crowned with flowers, and a dish whose thick enameling has run over the edge, make a complete furnishing.”

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source: Break of Day (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001), new introduction by Judith Thurman, 62.

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