A walk on the wild side: The Pure and the Impure by Colette

Colette’s The Pure and the Impure opens in an opium den in Paris sometime during what would come to be known, looking back through the veils of nostalgia, as the Belle Époque. Our narrator, also named Colette, arrives, not as a participant but as a writer intent on conducting a little research. Perhaps, it is … Continue reading "A walk on the wild side: The Pure and the Impure by Colette"