By Proust, Marcel; Proust, Marcel; Carter, William C
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For Proust, the marquise became a major literary inspiration for her way of narrating, as a chronicler of her epoch, and as a model of motherly devotion. 7 In addition to the artists Adèle encountered in her aunt’s salon, she met prominent politicians and social reformers. Adèle and her aunt were invited to other salons, whose leaders they in turn entertained. The young woman quickly lost any sense of insecurity, feeling just as much at home in Comtesse d’Haussonville’s liberal salon as among the more conservative guests who gathered around Princesse Mathilde, niece of Napoléon I and longtime salon hostess, whom Proust knew in the final decade of her life.
I would like to thank those who helped me along the way. I am greatly indebted to the late Philip Kolb, author of many studies and editions of Proust’s texts, especially his monumental edition of Proust’s correspondence, without which this book and many others on Proust would not have been possible. Philip and his wife, Dorothy, whom I also wish to thank, became good friends who encouraged and assisted me in this and other projects. Another much regretted friend is Odile Gévaudan, the daughter of Odilon and Céleste Albaret, who offered hospitality, shared memories of her parents, and showed me her extensive collection of Proust memorabilia.
She accepted her husband’s obligation to duty and admired his courage, but this did not make the situation easier for her, uncomfortably pregnant and living apart from her beloved mother. Jeanne’s parents grew alarmed at her condition and decided they would all go to Auteuil to await the birth of her baby. The traditional story has been that Jeanne fled with Adrien to the shelter of Uncle Louis’s estate after the narrow miss of the sniper’s bullet. 21 Uncle Louis, recently widowed, had made his fortune early as a businessman; he owned a button and silverware factory and fine property in Paris on boulevard Haussmann, an address that his future great nephew was to make famous.