Jean Cocteau

Praise for Les Enfants Terribles

The lasting feeling that his work leaves is one of happiness; not of course in the sense that it excludes suffering, but because, in it, nothing is rejected, resented or regretted

W. H. Auden

Cocteau's tale of young beauties whose isolation leads them towards premature decay...a genuine tragedy

Independent on Sunday

The novel Les Enfants Terrible has become a rite of passage in every French childhood

Guardian

The lasting feeling that his work leaves is one of happiness; not of course in the sense that it excludes suffering, but because, in it, nothing is rejected, resented or regretted

W. H. Auden

Cocteau's tale of young beauties whose isolation leads them towards premature decay...a genuine tragedy

Independent on Sunday

The novel Les Enfants Terrible has become a rite of passage in every French childhood

Guardian

The lasting feeling that his work leaves is one of happiness; not of course in the sense that it excludes suffering, but because, in it, nothing is rejected, resented or regretted

W. H. Auden

Cocteau's tale of young beauties whose isolation leads them towards premature decay...a genuine tragedy

Independent on Sunday

The novel Les Enfants Terrible has become a rite of passage in every French childhood

Guardian