This article links the writer’s profession to correspondence. The intimacy of Colette’s arduous epistolary writing clearly reveals her skills as a negotiator, adviser and editor. The leading names of the press and publishing industry form an edifying backdrop. The friends to whom the letters are addressed form a demanding professional network.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques