Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siecle Paris

by Caroline Weber

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From the author of the acclaimed Queen of Fashion--a brilliant look at the glittering world of turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women Proust used to create his supreme fictional character, the Duchesse de Guermantes.

Genevi ve Hal vy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Comtesse de Adh aume de Chevign ; and lisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Comtesse Greffulhe--these were the three superstars...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0307961788

ISBN13:9780307961785

Release Date:May 2018

Publisher:Knopf Publishing Group

Length:736 Pages

Weight:2.52 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"

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