Author Archives: Sarah Line Letellier

About Sarah Line Letellier

Currently writing a novel, which aims to bring a wonderful period of history vividly to life, and seduce readers to fall as swooningly in love with Anaïs and Colette as I am.

Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box is a wonderful black-and-white film made in 1929, starring the incomparable Louise Brooks (and her famous bob). I’m sure Colette and Anaïs Nin both loved it, if they saw it. Pandora’s Box was one of the first films to … Continue reading

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Colette reading

I adore this photograph of Colette reading. It’s a rare picture taken after she was married (it looks professionally taken, as if for a publicity shot) but before she cut her hair into the famous bob that she kept all … Continue reading

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