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

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST ¿ A brilliant look at 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.*“Weber has done a remarkable job of bringing to life...a world of culture, glamour and privilege.” -The Wall Street Journal *

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 t...