Colette: A Study of the Short Fiction

In this study of Colette’s short fiction, Dana Strand explores the author’s ability to effectively question established social categories. Distinctions that traditionally exist between mother and daughter, man and women, and sexual male and female, when viewed from Colette’s ambiguous third position, arguably undergo a rigorous re-examination. The universal applicability of Colette’s short fiction is demonstrated which also includes a section on her lesbian stories.