Throughout her career, Colette experimented with genre for the purposes of telling stories of her life

Anne Freadman

Part I: First subject: Colette and Autobiography 1. Mon sosie' 2. The Life and Times of Colette Willy: Mes Apprentissages Part II: Second subject: Collecting Time 3. The Storyteller: La Maison de Claudine 4. A Family Album: Sido 5. The Art of Ending: L'Étoile Vesper and Le Fanal bleu 6. Recapitulation: Reading 'Colette' in La Naissance du jour