Bella-Vista -- Gribiche -- The rendezvous -- The patriarch -- The rainy moon -- The kepi -- The tender shoot -- Green sealing-wax -- Armande -- The sick child -- The photographer's missus.
Summary
Eleven stories show the various difficulties and pleasures of the sensual life. Colette defines an extraordinary range of men and women, children, the weather, the smells of the street, animals, the taste of food, and places where she once lived.