Last night in my reading, the Duke and Duchesse of Guermantes were at loggerheads because she was a Dreyfusard and he was not, and be blamed her politics for his not being named president of The Jockey Club. Here is a link to a letter from Proust on the topic of Dreyfus, a very divisive period in French political/military history.
Proust and Dreyfus
The Duchesse de Guermantes has a wardrobe full of Fortuny dresses which she says would be suitable for Albertine. Lucky girl.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
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