[Scrapbook / Geneviève Straus] [ca. 1880-1920]

Straus, Geneviève, 1849-1926

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Geneviève Straus was the daughter of Fromental Halévy and Lèonie Rodriguès. She maried the composer George Bizet in 1869; he died in 1875. Their son Jacques was a preparatory school classmate of Marcel Proust. In 1886 she married the lawyer Emile Straus (1884-1929); they held one of the artistic salons in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th century. Proust used her as the basis for his Duchesse of Guermantes in his A la recherche du temps perdu. Through their friendship with Joseph Reinach...

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Fernand Gregh, [n.d.]"Jeudi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Georges [de Lauris], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851761 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to [Robert de Montesquiou], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851766 Marcel Proust is generally regarded as one ...

Reinach, Joseph, 1856-1921

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Epithet: French politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000303 ...

Straus, Emile, 1844-1929

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