Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, also known as Colette, was a writer born in France, and was alive during World War II. She was a strong writer with many influences. The influence that is most prevalent throughout her writing was her own life experiences. Her own life experiences held a huge and deep place in her heart and mind. Two of her most famous works that were written about her personal life. Those works are the Claudine series, which was about her life as a young school girl, her move throughout France, her love life, and her friendships, and the other work is called Two Memories of Sido, from the collection of her stories called Earthly Paradise, which was about her mother’s illness and how it affected their family.
Colette’s personal experiences affected her writing causing her to write the Claudine series. The series itself was originally translated from Colette’s diary, filled with many of her life experiences. For example in Claudine at School Colette is writing about her life as a young girl in school. For example, Claudine, the main character, was written to represent Colette. There are many references to Colette’s life throughout the book. This is proven by (Fanciful) Claudine at School is about “the story of a racy minx of a fifteen year old in a perhaps unusual school in Burgundy”. This quote is stating that the setting is in Burgundy, France, and Colette grew up there. It is also proved by “based on Colette’s own experiences at school. Colette recounted some