Proust's duchess : how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris / Car...
Proust's duchess : how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris / Car...
Proust's duchess : how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris / Caroline Weber.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2018/5951
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 715 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Overture: like a swan -- Rara avis (June 2, 1885) -- Leitmotif: pretty birds -- My Don Giovanni, my Faust -- The kingdom of shadows -- Habanera: oiseaux rebelles -- Bohemia's child -- The fall and the rise -- Good for the goose -- Improvisation: trills and feathers -- The art of being seen -- Bagate...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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 Gre...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Proust's duchess : how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris / Caroline Weber.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [595]-697) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2018
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2018/5951
Record Identifier
74VKVQmx24Ld
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQmx24Ld
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ISBN
9780307961785 hardcover
0307961788 hardcover
9780345803122 paperback
0345803124 paperback
DDC
843.912 B
MMS ID
991024194623302626
