title: Dangerous French mistress, and other stories
author: Laurie Colwin
description: Dust jacket design by Philippa Branson. Colwin's first book, a collection of short stories published in America as "Passion and Affect."
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  # The Dangerous Age
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Karin Michaelis
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  INTRODUCTION TO THE FRENCH EDITION By MARCEL
  
  
  PREVOST
  
  
  
  
  
  The Dangerous Age
  
  
    
  MY DEAR, KIND FRIEND, AND FORMER HUSBAND,
  
  
    
  MY DEAR MALTHE,
  
  
    
  LANDED ON MY ISLAND. CREPT INTO MY LAIR.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  EVENING.
  
  
    
  CHRISTMAS EVE.
  
  
    
  DEAR MAGNA WELLMANN,
  
  
    
  JANUARY.
  
  
    
  SPRING.
  
  
    
  DEAR PROFESSOR ROTHE,
  
  
    
  JOERGEN MALTHE,
  
  
    
  TWO DAYS LATER.
  
  
    
  DEAR RICHARD,
  
  
    
  DEAREST RICHARD,
  
  
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  Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Audrey Longhurst, Melissa Er-Raqabi
  
  
  and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _THE DANGEROUS AGE_
  
  
  
  
  
  _LETTERS AND FRAGMENTS FROM A WOMAN'S DIARY_
  
  
  _TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH OF KARIN MICHAELIS_
  
  
  _NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY. MCMXI_
  
  
  
  
  
  TO
  
  
  MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW
  
  
  BARON YOOST DAHLERUP
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### _INTRODUCTION TO THE FRENCH EDITION
  
  
  By MARCE