"A ... 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???eve Hal???evy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Comtesse de Adh???eaume de Chevign???e; and ???Elisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Comtesse Greffuhle--these were the three superstars of fin-de-si???ecle Parisian high society who, as Caroline Weber says, 'transformed themselves, and were transformed by those around ...
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"A ... 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???eve Hal???evy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Comtesse de Adh???eaume de Chevign???e; and ???Elisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Comtesse Greffuhle--these were the three superstars of fin-de-si???ecle 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 ... 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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One of those books you've waited years for someone to write. Dr. Weber has done it with 'Proust's Duchess.' Impeccable research! She writes with a deft touch and obviously enjoyed writing this book.
If you love reading about fashionable people, the mondaine, in late 19th century Paris, this is the book for you. This is a book you will read and re-read over the years,much like Weber's 'What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution'.
Proust's Duchess is a wonderful, engrossing books to take on holiday or to read and enjoy as an adjunct to academic courses. Five stars!
