CHERI

Cheri and The Last Of Cheri involve a tragic/comic love affair. Colette (1873-1954) is the pseudonym for Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She is best known in English speaking countries for her novel Gigi, which was later the source for the Lerner, Loewe musical film and stage musical. Cheri and The Last Of Cheri are two novels concerning a love affair between a successful but aging courtesan, La de Lonval, and her spoiled young lover called Chri. The intensity of their feelings is revealed when Chri marries eighteen-year-old Marie-Laure.