![]() ![]() ![]() Cheri grows increasingly impatient with his life surrounded by Edmee and Madame Peloux and finds any route he can to escape even for a little while including buying a car and taking friends on long day trips into the French countryside.īecause he can find no purpose to his life, Cheri obsesses about Lea. Attempting to recapture his past, Cheri visits old friends but finds that they, too, have moved on to new ventures and do not want to dwell in stories of the past. Eventually, Cheri and Edmee grow further apart and live separate lives, Edmee taking lovers without any jealousy from her husband. Cheri finds himself wandering aimlessly with no focus now that he does not have his former lover Lea nor the war to occupy his time.Ĭheri is also perplexed by the assertive behaviors of Edmee and his mother he cannot adapt to the new role of women in the post-War era. During this time, Edmee and Madame Peloux have become more assertive in home and business as do many women in the burgeoning suffragist movement. The Last of Chéri picks up the lives of Cheri and Lea after a six-year break during which World War I has been fought and Cheri returns an uninjured hero. It is the sequel to Colette's 1920 novel Chéri. The Last of Chéri ( French: La Fin de Chéri) is a novel written by Colette. ![]()
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