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The Vagabond (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. A Prose-Poetic Journey of Female Independence, Desire, and Identity in Early 20th‑Century Bohemian Paris and the French Expatriate WorldBy Colette
Length2h 41m
About this audiobook
In The Vagabond (1910), Colette follows Renée Néré, a divorced music-hall performer, through Belle Époque Paris, recording the economics and erotic politics of a woman who works with her body yet refuses ownership. In supple first person, part diary and theater sketch, the novel marries sensuous detail to cool self-scrutiny as Renée weighs the comfort promised by a wealthy admirer against the hard-won clarity of solitude and work. Colette's tactile prose and modern psychological acuity probe performance, aging, and the gaze across trains, dressing rooms, and provincial stages. Colette's own trajectory animates this poise between art and autonomy. After ending her marriage to Willy, under whose name the Claudine books first appeared, she sustained herself on the music-hall stage. That apprenticeship supplies the novel's authority, and she later returned to Renée in The Shackle to extend the inquiry. Readers of feminist modernism, theater history, and intimate psychological fiction will find The Vagabond indispensable. It offers a lucid, unsentimental account of desire, work, and self-making, avoiding melodrama without surrendering lyricism. Come for Colette's style; stay for Renée's fierce, moving argument for freedom.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length2 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction (pt. 1)
2Introduction (pt. 2)
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CheriColette9h 13m$1.99 · $0.00
Claudine in der Schule (Kommentiert)Colette11h 3m3.9 (296)$2 · $0.00
Sido (Kommentiert)Colette4h 1m$1.50 · $0.00
Claudine in Paris (Kommentiert)Colette8h 26m3.9 (2.2K)$2 · $0.00
Barks and Purrs (Annotated)Colette3h 36m3.6 (425)$2 · $0.00
El nacimiento del díaColette3h 55m3.9 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
Die Vagabundin (Kommentiert)Colette9h 14m$2 · $0.00
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Gigi (Annotated)Colette3h 16m$2 · $0.00
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Claudine in Paris (Zusammengefasste Ausgabe)Colette2h 38m$2
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