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

by Caroline Weber

Book Overview

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: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"