Virginie Girod SEASON 2022 - 202305h00, January 17, 2023

Listen to the continuation of the story of the youth of Colette, who became famous by writing the Claudine series, told by historian Virginie Girod, in an unpublished story in two episodes.

After an iconoclastic youth in Burgundy, at the age of 20, Colette married Willy, a successful author and great lover of women.

He initiates her into love and worldly life.

And she consoles herself for her infidelities by starting to write while learning about licentiousness... After disdaining Claudine's manuscript at school, Willy realizes its potential.

This story is a Europe 1 Studio production.

Subjects covered: Colette - literature - Claudine - journalism - Moulin Rouge - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette - Willy

"At the heart of history" is a Europe 1 Studio podcast. 

Writing and presentation: Virginie Girod 

- Producer: Adele Humbert 

- Artistic direction: Adèle Humbert and Julien Tharaud 

- Directed by: Clement Ibrahim 

- Original music: Julien Tharaud 

- Additional music: Julien Tharaud and Sébastien Guidis 

- Communication: Kelly Decroix 

- Distribution and writing: Eloise Bertil 

- Visual: Sidonie Mangin

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