Description: PROUST'S DUCHESS: HOW THREE CELEBRATED WOMEN CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF FIN-DE-SIECLE PARIS ~ CAROLINE WEBER~ SOFT COVER ~ NEW THREE WOMEN SUPERSTARS OF FIN-DE-SIECLE PARISIAN HIGH SOCIETY WERE ALL UNHAPPILY MARRIED WHO SOUGHT FULFILLMENT BY REINVENTING THEMSELVES AS ICONS, AND THEIR FABELED SALONS INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS, COMPOSERS AND WRITERS. THE YOUNG MARCEL PROUST WORSHIPPED THEM FROM AFAR AND LATER IMMORTALIZED THEM IN HIS FAMOUS COMPOSITE CHARACTER THE DUCHESSE de GUERMANTES IN HIS WORK IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME. THE AUTHOR TAKES US INTO THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN'S LIVES, SHOWING US NOT ONLY THEIR GLAMOUROUS WORLD OF COSTUME BALLS, COURT VISITS, SHOOTING WEEKENDS, AND EXCLUSIVE PARTIES, BUT ALSO THE LONLINESS, RIGID SOCIAL RULES, AND ARRANGED MARRIAGES THEY FACED AS THEY TRANSFORMED THEMSELVES INTO LIVING LEGENDS PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST FIRST EDITION: 2019 HERE'S THE DEAL: You must pay within 48 hours of your purchase PayPal (USA). PayPal ONLY outside USA *** If you email me with Offers to Sell Off-site, I will report you to eBay and put you on my blocked list. SHIPPING I ship via Media Mail which is $5.98 throughout the entire continental United States. I provide the weight (1 lb.) and YOU calculate the shipping. Click on the USPS Postage Rate Calculator URL link below. Check the button for the regular size package and calculate your shipping from USA 60614 to your zip code. I ship USA Media Mail. First-Class Mail International. These are the least expensive rates. If you win it and prefer Priority Mail, look on the USPS Rate Calculator link above and email that preference to me, and include the additional postage cost in your Pay Pal payment . Winner will be invoiced through PayPal. Any questions, please ask before you bid.
Price: 19 USD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
End Time: 2025-01-08T15:34:42.000Z
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Book Title: PROUST'S DUCHESS
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Subject: Literature, Modern
Edition: First Edition
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 2019
Type: SOCIAL HISTORY
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: CAROLINE WEBER
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Drama, Historical, SOCIAL HISTORY OF FRANCE
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF TURN OF THE 19th CENTURY FRANCE, A WORLD OF CULTURE, GLAMOUR, AND PRIVILEGE
