Claudine at School (Annotated)

Claudine at School, first published in 1900, is a sharp, sensuous, and mischievously observant novel of provincial French girlhood. Narrated by the precocious Claudine, it transforms the classroom, the village, and the politics of adolescent friendship into a theatre of desire, rivalry, and social performance. Its style is intimate, ironic, and vividly physical, blending schoolgirl comedy with fin...