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Colette was a prolific author whose first work was written at the turn of the 19th century under the tutelage of her first husband. The author lived a life as worthy of note as many of the more risqué stars of today and was never far from courting controversy. Le blé en herbe was a very controversial work in its day due to the overtly sexual nature of the content of the novel. Phil and Vinca's families have been sharing a holiday home in Britanny since the children were very young. As they reach adolescence Phil and Vinca are becoming attracted to each other and both see a certain inevitability in their eventual marriage. However, teenage hormones being what they are the summer in question is full of challenge for both young people following the arrival of the exotic Madame Dalleray at the villa near the village. The urgency of teenage feelings is represented in rich, lyrical language overseen by an ominiscient narrator who never tires of describing the emerging physicality of both boy and girl. The natural setting serves as an appropriate backdrop to this enticing love story
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