Proust's duchess : how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris
by Weber, Caroline, 1969- (Author)
Summary
"A brilliant look at the glittering, decadent world of turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women who inspired the character of the Duchesse de Guermantes, the epitome of high-born glamour, in Marcel Proust's great novel, In Search of Lost Time. Geneviève Halévy... Full description
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