The Tendrils of the Vine

The Tendrils of the Vine (French: Les Vrilles de la vigne) is a collection of 20 novellas by Colette, published in 1908.^[1][2][3] The first story, Les Vrilles de la vigne, was first published in Le Mercure musical on 15 May 1905.^[4]

The Tendrils of the Vine

First edition cover
Author	Colette
Original title	Les Vrilles de la vigne
Language	French
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	Éditions de La Vie Parisienne
Publication date	1908
Publication place	France
Dewey Decimal	843.912

It was ranked #59 in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.^[5]

Stories

The editions currently in print follow Colette's 1934 revisions.^[6]

Illustration for the story Partie de pêche (René Lelong, 1930)

• "Les Vrilles de la vigne"
• "Rêverie de nouvel an"
• "Chanson de la danseuse"
• "Nuit blanche"
• "Jour gris"
• "Le Dernier Feu"
• "Amours"
• "Un rêve"
• "Nonoche"
• "Toby-Chien parle"
• "Dialogue de bêtes"
• "Maquillages"
• "Belles-de-jour"
• "De quoi est-ce qu'on a l'air?"
• "La Guérison"
• "Le Miroir"
• "La Dame qui chante"
• "En baies de Somme"
• "Partie de pêche"
• "Music-halls"

References

1. "Workdetails: Les Vrilles de la vigne by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette". LibraryThing.com.
2. "Les vrilles de la vigne" – via www.edition-originale.com.
3. Jouve, Nicole Ward (November 7, 1987). Colette. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253301025 – via Google Books.
4. May, Charles Edward; Magill, Frank Northen (November 7, 2001). Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Italo Calvino - Louise Erdrich. Salem Press. ISBN 9780893560089 – via Google Books.
5. "Les 100 livres du vingtième siècle d'après Le Monde - Liste de 95 livres - SensCritique". www.senscritique.com.
6. Lucey, Michael (November 17, 2006). Never Say I: Sexuality and the First Person in Colette, Gide, and Proust. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822388375 – via Google Books.