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

Title: Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siecle Paris Author: Caroline Weber ISBN: 9780307961785 Publisher: Knopf Published: 2018 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. History 1636113 Publisher Description: 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. 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