Proust's duchess: how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
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x, 715 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A brilliant look at 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. “Weber has done a remarkable job of bringing to life…a world of culture, glamour and privilege.” —The Wall Street Journal
Geneviève Halévy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Comtesse de Adhéaume de Chevigné; and Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Comtesse Greffulhe—these were the three superstars of fin-de-siècle Parisian high society who, as Caroline Weber says, "transformed themselves, and were transformed by those around them, into living legends: paragons of elegance, nobility, and style." All well but unhappily married, these women sought freedom and fulfillment by reinventing themselves, between the 1870s and 1890s, as icons. At their fabled salons, they inspired the creativity of several generations of writers, visual artists, composers, designers, and journalists. Against a rich historical backdrop, Weber takes the reader into these women's daily lives of masked balls, hunts, dinners, court visits, nights at the opera or theater. But we see as well the loneliness, rigid social rules, and loveless, arranged marriages that constricted these women's lives. Proust, as a twenty-year-old law student in 1892, would worship them from afar, and later meet them and create his celebrated composite character for The Remembrance of Things Past.
Geneviève Halévy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Comtesse de Adhéaume de Chevigné; and Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Comtesse Greffulhe—these were the three superstars of fin-de-siècle Parisian high society who, as Caroline Weber says, "transformed themselves, and were transformed by those around them, into living legends: paragons of elegance, nobility, and style." All well but unhappily married, these women sought freedom and fulfillment by reinventing themselves, between the 1870s and 1890s, as icons. At their fabled salons, they inspired the creativity of several generations of writers, visual artists, composers, designers, and journalists. Against a rich historical backdrop, Weber takes the reader into these women's daily lives of masked balls, hunts, dinners, court visits, nights at the opera or theater. But we see as well the loneliness, rigid social rules, and loveless, arranged marriages that constricted these women's lives. Proust, as a twenty-year-old law student in 1892, would worship them from afar, and later meet them and create his celebrated composite character for The Remembrance of Things Past.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Chevigné, Laure de, -- 1859-1936.
Greffulhe, Elisabeth, -- comtesse, -- 1860-1952.
Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Proust, Marcel, -- 1871-1922 -- Contemporaries.
Proust, Marcel, -- 1871-1922 -- Sources.
Proust, Marcel, -- 1871-1922. -- À la recherche du temps perdu.
Straus, Geneviève, -- 1849-1926.
Women -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Chevigné, Laure de, -- 1859-1936.
Greffulhe, Elisabeth, -- comtesse, -- 1860-1952.
Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Proust, Marcel, -- 1871-1922 -- Contemporaries.
Proust, Marcel, -- 1871-1922 -- Sources.
Proust, Marcel, -- 1871-1922. -- À la recherche du temps perdu.
Straus, Geneviève, -- 1849-1926.
Women -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
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Book
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First edition.
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English
ISBN:
9780307961785
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-697) and index.
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Weber, C. (2018). Proust's duchess: how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris. First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Weber, Caroline, 1969-. 2018. Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-siècle Paris. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Weber, Caroline, 1969-, Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-siècle Paris. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Weber, Caroline. Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-siècle Paris. First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
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