Title

Fashion Culture: Proust's Duchess

Contributor Names

Weber, Caroline, 1969-

Date

2018-10-04

Description

On October 4, 2018, author Caroline Weber explored the daily lives of three women who were superstars of fin-de-siècle Parisian high society, "paragons of elegance, nobility, and style." Behind the glamour, they endured loneliness, rigid social rules, and loveless marriages, yet inspired novelist Marcel Proust to heights of literary achievement.

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

Sources

Contemporaries

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu

Straus, Geneviève, 1849-1926

Chevigné, Laure de, 1859-1936

Greffulhe, Elisabeth, comtesse, 1860-1952

Women

France

Paris (France)

Biography

Aristocracy (Social class)

Social life and customs

19th century

Intellectual life

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000474