List characters of “With the research of wasted time”

This article describes the characters of the novels constituting With the research of time lost , novel of Marcel Proust.

The real characters are mentioned with their birth dates and of death.

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List of the places of “To the research of time lost”
Chronology of the events of “To the research of time lost”

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Adolphe , uncle: brother of the grandfather of the narrator; its manservant is the father of Morel - which will dedicate a true worship to him; will scramble itself with his/her friend Swann in connection with Odette, and with the family of the narrator who met at his place “the lady pink”.
Agrigente , Prince of (“Grigri”): relation of Swann, attends the cabin of Odette; heir to the crown of Aragon, his family had a castle between Martinville and Guermantes; fact a bad impression with the Narrator with the Guermantes dinner; cannot hide its ignorance of Flaubert; “embellished” by the age at the Guermantes morning.

Assistance-cooker in Combray: Francoise is particularly cruel to it; according to Swann, resembles the “Charity” of Giotto
Aimé : Master of hotel of the Large Hotel of Balbec then of a Parisian restaurant in the Young girls ; inform the narrator about the double life of Albertine which he appreciates little; manners of Saint-Wolf in Fugitive the will also reveal.
A.J. : to see Moreau, A.J
Albaret , Celestial: sister of Marie Gineste; chambermaid to the Large Hotel; the narrator binds with it in Sodome and Gomorrhe , to the great displeasure of Francoise who calls it “the enjôleuse one”.
Albert : to see Guastella, Albert, Duke of
Albertine Simonet : niece of Mr. and Mrs. Bontemps, one of the young girls in flowers, which becomes the mistress of the narrator
Albon , Mr. of: appears in the Guermantes coterie of the Temps found ; smiles to a remark of the Duchess of Guermantes
Alix : the “marchioness of the Quay Malaquais”, one from the “three Park” with the reception at Mrs. de Villeparisis, attends the latter to bate its guests to him.
Ambassadress of Turkey : appears in Guermantes and Sodome and Gomorrhe ; seen in the duchess then in the princess of Guermantes; noticed by the narrator for his spite and his sadism.
Ambresac , young ladies of: connected with Mrs. de Villeparisis; their parents have a small villa close to Balbec; in the Young girls , where they appear for the first time, Albertine finds them little sympathetic nerves.
Ambresac , Miss Daisy of: one of the two young sisters of Ambresac; Saint-wolf denies to be to him been engaged.
Ambresac , Mrs. of: mother of the preceding ones; in Guermantes , attends the representation of Phèdre by Berma.
Amédée : grandfather of the Friendly narrator
of Bloch : compliment Rachel at the same time as Bloch in Time Found .
Amoncourt , Mrs. Timoléon of: offer to the Duchess of Guermantes manuscripts of Ibsen during one evening in the princess in Sodome and Gomorrhe ; malignant and beautiful; displeases to the duke. Friend of Annunzio.
Andree : the elder one of the “small band” of the girls of Balbec, largest and the most appreciated by the narrator after Albertine; he claims to be in love with her; dance narrowly with Albertine with the Casino of Incarville; will acknowledge finally its relationship with the latter; ends up marrying Octave, which she calumniated; becomes the best friend of Gilberte in Time Found .
Antoine : servant of Guermantes; arrogant and anti-supporter of Dreyfus; Francoise names his wife “Antoinesse”
Archiviste : with the living room of Mrs. de Villeparisis; to see Vallenères
Argencourt , Count of, then Marquis of: Charg3e d' affaires Belgian in Paris; with the living room of Mrs. de Villeparisis in Guermantes , speaks about Maeterlinck to the duchess whom he admires; antidreyfusard and insolates towards Bloch; after this evening, meets in the street Charlus and the narrator; seem grimé curiously as an old man at the morning of the princess of Guermantes in Time found .
Argencourt , Countess dowager of (born Seineport): mother of the precedent
Arpajon , Viscountess or Countess of: red-headed, naive mistress of the Duke of Guermantes; disparaged by the duchess in Guermantes ; in Sodome and Gomorrhe , attends one evening in the princess of Guermantes where it is jealous of the duchess of Emerged that his/her lover prefers to him; soaked by the fountain Hubert Robert; Mrs. Swann but mark her insolence with regard to Mrs. Verdurin receives; in Time found , appears out-of-date at the morning of the princess of Guermantes; Bloch will confuse his death with that of the marchioness of Arpajon.
Great-grandfather of the narrator: evoked by Mrs. Verdurin for her avarice
Auberjon , Gisele Duchess of: recommended by Mrs. de Villeparisis to the duchess of Guermantes to help it with its in Guermantes .
''' Aumale ''', Henri of Orleans, Duke of (1822-97): French general and historian, fourth wire of Louis-Philippe.
Lawyer of Paris : accompany Mrs. de Cambremer and her daughter-in-law with Balbec in Sodome and Gomorrhe ; amateur of painting but prefers Sidaner with Elstir; promises to the narrator to invite it with Sidaner.
Ayen , Jane Duchess of: Guermantes medium; she receives Châtellerault.

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Babal : to see Bréauté-Consalvi
Balleroy , Mrs.: great-aunt of a niece of the Duchess of Guermantes
Basin : to see Guermantes, Basin, Duke of
Bathilde : grandmother of the narrator
Barristers president of Cherbourg : on vacation in Balbec; give with pride a dinner to Cambremer; at the time of its second stay with Balbec, in Sodome and Gomorrhe , the narrator learns his death.
Baveno , Marquis of: comment on the pun of the Duchess of Guermantes “Taquin the superb one” in Guermantes
Beau-fils of Francoise: to see Julien
Beaucerfeuil , General of: surprises the remarks of Swann on the Jews with the Guermantes reception (see Monserfeuil, the two names being employed for the same general)
Beausergent , Mrs. of: sister of Mrs. de Villeparisis; the grandmother of the narrator appreciates much her imaginary Memories, following the example M {{me}} of Sévigné; Swann speaks about it in the pastiche of the Journal of Goncourt.
Beausergent , Marquis of: fair with the blue eyes, it is the brother of Mrs. d' Argencourt and the nephew of Mrs. de Beausergent who writes for him her memories; appears in the cabin of Mrs. de Cambremer to the opera for the '' Phèdre '' of Berma in Guermantes ; seems an old colonel at the Guermantes morning of the Temps found , the arteriosclerosis having transformed it.
Beautrellis , General of: a anti-Supporter of Dreyfus attending the dinner Guermantes
Bellery , Mrs. of: aunt of the Duchess of Guermantes in Captive the .
Bellœuvre , Gilbert of: young charming but stupid golfor who attends Balbec; the narrator retrospectively evokes it in Fugitive the .

Bergotte : recognized writer, admired of the narrator (it would act in reality of the writer and guard of the young person Proust, Anatole France); he incarnates the novelist-type of Research , like Vinteuil and Elstir for the music and painting; the narrator intends some to speak for the first time by Bloch in Swann ; the friendship of Bergotte for Gilberte intrigues the narrator; in the Young girls , Norpois critic on its private life and its talent; its goatee and its nose in corkscrew surprise the narrator when it meets it at Swann; in Guermantes , Bergotte attends the living room of the Duchess of Guermantes which he appreciates; although very patient, it often returns visit to the narrator during the disease of his grandmother; he suffers from insomnia and nightmares; being locked up at his place, it covers the world of its contempt, but its works start with less liking; in Captive the , one of most famous the pages of Proust tells its death: in full crisis of uraemia, it rises to go to see the Vue of Delft of Vermeer. By looking at the “small yellow section of wall”, it collapses dead. Proust, in fact, described a disease which it had in 1921 with the museum of Jeu de Paume.
Berma , it: famous actress admired by Bergotte; the narrator attends one of his representations of '' Phèdre '' after having intended some to speak by Swann; Norpois makes its praise; the narrator again hears it in Guermantes , and it better then includes/understands the talent of this artist who is nothing any more but “one window giving on a masterpiece”; in Time found , aged and reached of a fatal disease, it goes back to play 'Phèdre to provide for the needs for her daughter; the narrator will be among the only ones to attend the morning, or rather the “funerary meal”, which it will give in the honor of her daughter and her son-in-law but that the society men will have been sulky for the morning of the princess of Guermantes.

Berma , girl of: in Time found , rival tragic actress of her mother with whom it shows her contempt; it will go besides at the Guermantes morning with her husband rather than to attend that which his/her mother wanted to do in her honor.

Berma , son-in-law of: husband of the preceding one; character of the Time found .

Bernard , Nissim: great-uncle of Bloch and one of the Jews most characteristic of the Research ; receives the narrator and Saint-Wolf in his superb villa; in spite of his prestige, its nephew turns it into ridiculous; in Sodome and Gomorrhe , a connection with a young waiter of the Large Hotel has; in Captive the , lends 5000 F to Morel via Bloch.

Bernier : footman of Charlus in Guermantes

Berthe : friend of Albertine

Bibi : friend of Prince de Foix who becomes engaged to Daisy d' Ambresac

Biche (" Maître"): the nickname given to Elstir by the small clan

Blandais , Mr.: notary of Mans in holiday with Balbec

Blandais , Mrs.: fact part in Balbec of a middle-class coterie and aggravates the barristers president of Cherbourg by the attention which it pays to the actions of the “fast livers” in the Young girls ; the narrator speaks about it in Doncières.

Blatin , Mrs.: reads the Journal of DEBATEs to the Fields-Elysées in Swann ; she upsets the mother of the narrator by saying of him that he is too beautiful for a boy; Odette tells how it offended Singhalais visits some with the Zoological gardens: with its “Hello, negro”, it had retorted to him: “Me, negro, but you, camel! ”. She resembles the portrait of Savonarole by FRA Bartolomeo.

Bloch , Albert: Parisian Jewish middle-class man and schoolmate of the narrator, it displeases to the parents of this one who put it at the door; speak in an affected néo-Homeric jargon; in Combray, evokes for the first Bergotte time with the narrator; Swann compares it with the portrait Mahomet II by Bellini; in Guermantes , presented to the Marchioness of Villeparisis at the time of one of its receptions, it shows its awkwardness and its bad education; slandered on Saint-Wolf in front of the narrator; probe Norpois on the Dreyfus business but does not manage to know its opinion; later, to Doncières, the narrator presents it to Charlus which finds interest to him; in Sodome and Gomorrhe , very supporter of Dreyfus, Bloch make sign lists for colonel Picquart in Swann and prince de Guermantes; at the beginning of Captive the , Bloch makes lend 5000 F to Morel by his/her uncle Nissim Bernard, which attracts the hatred of Morel to him, become anti-semite; in August 1914, it meets the narrator and Saint-Wolf; Bloch shows them his fear to leave for the face and his vulgarity; during the war, its prestige of dramatic author continues; in Time found , the narrator recognizes it with difficulty at the morning of the princess of Guermantes; he took the name of Jacques of Rozier, carries monocle and adopts “smart English”.

Bloch , Solomon: father of the precedent; tell extravagant stories; fact the knowledge of the narrator with Balbec and invites it to dine with Saint-Wolf; give its opinion on Bergotte and watch its avarice; to his death, his/her son will dedicate a true worship to him. He resembles to the duke of Aumale.

Bloch , cousin of: to see Levy Esther

Bloch , sisters of: one of them makes scandal with the Large Hotel while being posted with a former actress

Bontemps , Mr.: uncle d' Albertine; formerly supporter of Dreyfus, badly noted by the suburb Saint-Germain, it is seen like a “hard-liner” during the war; influential politician, he becomes principal private secretary of the public Minister for Labor; appears especially in Time found .

Bontemps , Mrs.: marry precedent and aunt d' Albertine; visit returns to Mrs. Swann in the Young girls ; is invited to dine by Odette with prince d' Agrigente and Cottard; Albertine likes it moderately; in Captive the , it is favorable to the project of marriage of the narrator with his niece and makes it possible Albertine to live at his place; but during a visit which it makes to the narrator, it reveals certain details to him on the life of her niece which prove its lies and awake the jealousy of Marcel; it is at it that Albertine will flee; it is at it also that Saint-Wolf, sent by the narrator, will come to make return Albertine; later, she will announce in Marcel the death of her mistress; during the war, its living room with that of Mrs. Verdurin takes a considerable importance. It makes think of a queen of the Directory.

Borange : grocer, paper maker and bookseller with Combray in Swann .

Borodino , Prince of: captain of cavalry in garrison with Doncières; his/her mother was the mistress of Napoleon III; in Guermantes , allows Saint-Wolf to let the narrator sleep in Doncières then decides to authorize Saint-Wolf to take its leave to join Rachel in Bruges thanks to a remark of its hairdresser; little appreciated Mrs. de Villeparisis; appears already in Jean Santeuil .

Bubble , Cyrus, Count of: father of Mrs. de Villeparisis (appears in Guermantes under the name of Florimond de Guise)

Bouillon , Comtesse of: mother of Mrs. de Villeparisis

Bubble , Duke of: uncle of the Duchess of Guermantes and brother of Mrs. de Villeparisis; the last true survivor of the princely family as of the Tower of Auvergne

Boulbon , doctor of: look after the grandmother of the Narrator; resemble a portrait of the Tintoret; cause the jealousy of Cottard with Balbec

Bourbon , Princesse of: woman of Charlus; died.

Bréauté-Consalvi , Marquis (or Count) Hannibal of: “Babal” for its close friends; large society man even if he claims to hate the world; appears in Swann at Mrs. de Saint-Euverte where the narrator is struck by his monocle; during the evening in the duchess of Guermantes in Guermantes , takes the narrator for the organist Mr. Widor, then for the new attache of the legation of Sweden; passes for very scholar, gives stupid but listened councils and speaks about botany to the duchess; in Sodome and Gomorrhe , Marcel presents to Prince de Guermantes; becomes the lover of Odette; a long time after its death, Oriane, his/her former friend, will treat it of “snob”.

Bréquiny , Count of: father of the girls to the stilts, Mrs. de Plassac and Mrs. de Tresmes

Breteuil , Low Sunday of: friend of Swann and the Duchess of Guermantes

Bretonnerie , Mrs. of: ram of Combray to the service of which Eulalie

Brichot had worked: professor in the Sorbonne pedant which speaks much; in Swann , the living room of Verdurin attends where it spreads out its science in etymology; appreciated by Mr. Verdurin, less by “the owner”, who will separate it from Mrs. de Cambremer with which it fell in love; its misfortunes will make it almost blind and morphine addict; in spite of its friendship for Charlus, it will be accessory to its “execution”; written “articles of war” for the Time in 1914, which will bring to him the notoriety and the mocking remarks of the baron and Mrs. Verdurin.

Brissac , Mrs. of: attend the dinner Guermantes

Burnier : one of the footmen of Charlus

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Stone-block , “Mother”: market-gardening of Combray
Cambremer , Marchioness Zélia dowager of: mother-in-law of the marchioness of Cambremer, which it compares with a “angel”; salivate abundantly; good musician and admiror of Chopin; use “the rule of the three adjectives”; appears with the evening of Mrs. de Saint-Euverte at whom Swann and the princess of Laumes make fun of her name; few relations in the Saint-Germain Suburb have; little appreciated the duchess of Guermantes; invite the narrator, who décit his mimicry to speak about art, at the time of its second stay with Balbec in Sodome and Gomorrhe ; has many children, of which Mrs. de Gaucourt who suffers from asme like Marcel; extremely old, she still lives after the war.
Cambremer , Marquis of (“Cancan”): affublé Norman gentleman of a nose of through which makes extremely ugly; married with the sister of Legrandin; owner of Raspelière, which Mrs. Verdurin close to Balbec rents; it visits him in Sodome and Gomorrhe and admires Cottard there; very interested by smotherings of the Narrator, with whom it makes praise of a Jewish colonel, by courtesy and in spite of his anti-semitism; will scramble itself then with Verdurin; in Time Found , the narrator meets it at the Guermantes morning and notes his change “by the addition of enormous red pockets to the cheeks”.
Cambremer , Renee-Élodie Marchioness of: marry precedent and sister of Legrandin de Méséglise; cultivated and intelligent, contrary to his/her mother-in-law, Chopin mistake but admires Wagner and Debussy; she is as “snob” as her brother and dreams to belong to the Guermantes coterie, but she does not have unfortunately relations in the aristocracy; in Sodome and Gomorrhe , visits some at Verdurin which rent its property of Féterne, it criticizes all and will end up scrambling itself with them; was insane of Swann and the object of the love of Brichot; in Time Found , Saint-Wolf the judge “idiot” by her claim and its impertinence; and since then the duchess of Guermantes research, it becomes indifferent to her attentions.
Cambremer , Léonor of: wire of the precedents; marry the niece of Jupien
Camille : maidservant at Swann
Camus : grocer of Combray
Cancan : to see Cambremer, Marquis of
Caprarola , Princess of: attend the Verdurin living room, and it holds one of them also
Cartier : brother of Mrs. de Villefranche and close friend of the Duke of Trémoïle; with the evening in the Celestial Duchess of Guermantes
: to see Albaret
Celine and Flora : sisters of the grandmother of the narrator
Chanlivault , Mrs. of: Sister of the “Chaussepierre old man”; aunt of Mr. de Chaussepierre who expels the Duke of Guermantes of the Jockey Club. “The old Chanlivault mother”
Charity of Giotto : to see Assistance-cooker
''' Charlus ''', Baron of (Palamède, called “Same”)
Charmel : footman of the Baron de Charlus
Châtellerault , Duke of: in the Princess of Guermantes, he is recognized by the usher with whom he had stated not to speak French a few days earlier; wants to marry Gilberte. The blue eyes, it is “very Guermantes”
Châtellerault , Prince of: friend of Prince de Foix; hoped to become engaged to Miss Ambresac
Chauffeur : employee by the Narrator with Balbec; becomes accessory to Morel
Chaussegros , Marquise of: believes wrongly that she knew the narrator in Scotland
Chaussepierre , Mrs. of: with the evening in the Princess of Guermantes, the Duchess refuses to recognize it
Chaussepierre , Mr. of: humiliated by the Princess of Guermantes, he will all the same be elected president of the Jockey-Club to replace the Duke of Guermantes
Chenouville , Mr. of: the young Marchioness of Cambremer mentions it like “my uncle de Ch' nouville”
Chevregny , Mr. of: relation of Cambremer
Chimay , Mrs. Clara of: left her husband, the cousin of Charlus
Citri , Marquise of: in the Princess of Guermantes
Cobourg , Mr. and Mrs. of: although highnesses (Duchy of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha), they are called “my small Cobourg” by the Princess of Guermantes
Cocher of Mrs. Verdurin : to see Howsler
Hairdresser in Doncières : persuade Prince de Borodino to grant a leave to Saint-Wolf
Coignet : one of the servants of Charlus
''' Cottard ''', Doctor
Cottard , Mrs. Léontine: woman of the precedent
Courgivaux , Mr. of: the narrator takes it for his son at the morning Guermantes
Courvoisier , Vicomte Adalbert of: nephew of the Marchioness of Gallardon; reversed but model husband; attend the brothel of Jupien
Courvoisier , them: relations and rival family of Guermante
Cousin : initiate the narrator with the “delights of the love” on the sofa of Aunt Léonie
Cousine (of Bloch): to see Levy, Esther
Cousins of Francoise : to see Larivières
Crécy , Pierre Saylor of Verjuice, count of: first husband of Odette, it is an aristocrat poor but distinguished, fine, amateur of genealogy and good expensive; the narrator binds friendship with him to Balbec
Crécy , Mrs. of: to see Odette
Criquetot , Mr. of: at the time of the second summer with Balbec
Criquetot , Countess of: cousin of Cambremer
Cleaned of Combray : visit Aunt Léonie; a test wrote on the etymology of the place names in the area of Balbec
Cyprien : work with the Café of the fog

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Daltier , Emilie: pretty girl; “good golfeuse”; known of Albertine
Dancer : admired of Rachel to the great displeasure of Saint-Wolf
Dechambre : young pianist treated with condescension by Mrs. Verdurin; he played the Sonate of Vinteuil for Swann
Delage , Suzanne: Albertine and Mrs. Bontemps take it by error for a friend of childhood of the narrator
Deltour , Général: Secretary of the President of the Republic; approached by Charlus whereas he seeks to support the decoration of Morel
''' Dieulafoy ''', Professor Georges (1839-1911): famous doctor; called with the bedside of the grandmother of the narrator whereas it is dying
Ducret : one of the servants of Charlus
Lasted , Duc of: evoked by the Duke of Guermantes in relation to the election of Saint-Wolf to the Jockey Club; marry the Verdurin widow and dies two years later
Duras , Duchesse of: with the musical evening of Verdurin, range to naked by Charlus then scorned by Mrs. Verdurin
Duroc , Major: Military teacher of history admired of Saint-Wolf, supporter of Dreyfus, radical-solialiste and freemason

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E---- , Professor: distinguished doctor that the narrator persuades to examine his grandmother after his attack
Éclin , Mrs. of: its hair in stringcourse hides its ears: its nickname is thus “famished Belly”
Éditeur , of Paris: visit Raspelière; not malignant enough for the small clan
Égremont , Viscountess of: the role of spokesperson in the Princess of Épinay
Elstir holds: It is the figure of the ideal painter for the Narrator, like the east Vinteuil for the music, or Bergotte for the literature. He was the lover of Odette; attend the living room of Verdurin where it is called “Mr Biche”. Its style passes from mythological (like Gustave Moreau) to Japanese, then with dead natures and the landscapes. Among his models, one generally quotes Whistler and Helleu, whose Elstir would be the approximate anagram.
Elstir , Gabrielle: woman of the precedent; Albertine admires its taste for the toilets; personify this kind of heavy Venetian beauty that Elstir sought to capture in its painting
Entragues , Miss of: girl of the Duke of Luxembourg, that seek to marry Saint-Wolf and the Duke of Châtellerault
Épinay , Victurnienne, Princesse of: admiror of the flashes of wit of the Duchess of Guermantes
Épinoy , Princess of: dazzled by the blaze of the living room of Odette
Éporcheville , Miss of: the narrator takes by error this name for that of a girl of good family attending the brothels recommended by Saint-Wolf.
Esther : to see Levy Esther
Eudoxia , Queen: woman of the King Theodosius
Eudoxie , Large Duchess of: friend of the Princess Sherbatoff
Eugene , Mr.: Deputy of the party of Liberal Action, one accustomed of the brothel of Jupien
Eulalie : old servant of Combray; confidante of Aunt Léonie and rival of Francoise, very pious, it makes visits

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Faffenheim-Munsterburg-Weinigen , Prince von: German Prime Minister; try to persuade Norpois to elect it at the Institute
Farcy , Mrs. of: American wife of the Count de Farcy, an obscure relation of Forcheville
Féré , Mr. and Mrs.: friends of Cambremer, who give a dinner in their honor
Féterne , Marquis of: chouan royalist, his/her daughter is cousin of the Duke of Guermantes
Fierbois , Marquis of: scoffed by Charlus, scrambled with died with him
Girl of Francoise : to see Marguerite
Girl (large and pretty): admired by the narrator when it is used of the coffee with milk for the passengers of the train of Balbec
Fille (" glorieuse") : get into the train to Saint-Pierre-of-Yews and smokes a cigarette
Fille (with the blue eyes): met by Swann in a closed house
Girl (fair): fixedly look at the narrator in the restaurant of Rivebelle
Fille : whereas it goes up in the car to Wood, it recalls Albertine to the narrator
Fille (poor small): brought back at his place by the narrator after the departure of Albertine
Girl (small): repair a bicycle with Wood
Fille (small): known as goodbye in Gilberte with the Fields-Elysées
Girls (two): friends of Lea, that Albertine fixes in a mirror at the Casino of Balbec
Filles (three): with Wood, “like three immortal”
Girls of Balbec: members of the “small band”
Flora : sister of the grandmother of the narrator (see Celine and Flora)
Foggi , Prince Odo: discusses of Italian policy with Norpois in Venice
Foix , Prince of: one accustomed of the restaurant where the narrator dines with Saint-Wolf; rich person and very in sight, it belongs to a group of four inseparable friends, of which Saint-Wolf
Foix , Prince of: father of the precedent; one accustomed of the brothel of Jupien, where one regrets his death
Forcheville , Count (then Baron) of: introduced at Verdurin by Odette; he will marry it and adopt Gilberte
Forcheville , Mrs. of: to see Odette
Forcheville , Miss of: to see Gilberte
Forestelle , Marquis of: friend of Forest Swann
, Robert: playmate of the narrator to the Fields-Elysées
Francoise : cooker of aunt Léonie in Combray, then with the service of the family of the narrator, true Michel-Angel of the kitchen, it is particularly cruel to its assistance-cooker; it is for the narrator the symbol of eternal France, that of Saint-Andre-of-Fields
Francoise , cousins of: to see Larivières
Francoise , girl of: to see Marguerite
Francoise , nephews of: one of them tries to be made exempt military service during the war, the other is killed with Berry-with-Vat
Francoise , niece of: a “bouchère” (??)
Francoise , son-in-law of: to see Julien
Franquetot , Viscountess of: cousin of the Marchioness dowager of Cambremer
Frécourt , Marquis of: neighbor of the hotel Guermantes
Froberville , General of: relation of Swann (??)
Froberville , Colonel of: nephew of the precedent; wish the failure of the garden-party of the Marchioness of Saint-Euverte and learns with pleasure that the Duchess of Guermantes will not assist to with it; the Duke of Guermantes describes it like “gaga”

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G---- : writer; in visit at Mrs. de Villeparisis, which he regards as a tiring drudgery; frequently invited in the Duchess of Guermantes, which he regards as a woman of intelligence
Gallardon , Marquise of, born Courvoisier: relationship of Guermantes; aunt of the Viscount Adalbert de Courvoisier
Gallardon , Duchess dowager of: mother-in-law of the Princess of Gallardon; confuses Aristote with Aristophane, true a poison
Galopin : pastrycook with Combray; Francoise pays to aunt Léonie that it brought back a dog of Lisieux
Gaucourt , Mrs. of: sister of Mr. de Cambremer; suffer from smotherings
Gibergue : friend of Saint-Wolf with Doncières
Gilbert : to see Guermantes, Prince of
Gilberte: girl of Swann and Odette; she will become Miss de Forcheville then Mrs. of Saint-Wolf
Gineste , Marie: sister of Celestial Albaret; chambermaid in Balbec, faster than her sister, it is a little poet
Gisele : member of the small band of the young girls in flower, in Balbec; white like an egg, with the nose in chick nozzle
Goupil , Mrs.: at Combray, sister of Mrs. Sazerat, it always arrives late at the mass
Controlling (of Gilberte): carry a blue feather to its hat
Grand-père of the narrator (Amédée): a large friend of the father of Swann
Grandmother of the narrator (Bathilde or Mrs. Amédée)
Great-uncle of the narrator : draw the loops from the narrator
Grand-tante of the narrator , cousin of the grandfather of the narrator and mother of aunt Léonie; tease the grandmother of the narrator when the grandfather drinks alcohol
Grigri : to see Agrigente, Prince of
Grouchy , Mr. of: arrive tardily at the dinner of Guermantes and offers to the Duchess of Guermantes a pheasant half-dozen
Grouchy , Mrs. of: marry precedent; girl of the Viscountess de Guermantes
Guastalla , Duke of: wire of the Princess of Parma, cousin of Charlus; it with the air one to tapir
Guastalla , Albert, Duke of: wire of the Princess of Iéna; Charlus makes fun of its title
Guermantes , Basin, Duc of: Prince de Laumes before inheriting its title of Duke with died of his father, brother of Charlus and the Countess of Marsantes; it resembles Zeus Olympien and smokes the cigar
Guermantes , Oriane, Duchesse of: marry precedent, and his/her cousin, in the past Princesse of Laumes, it is fair with the blue eyes
Guermantes , Gilbert, Prince of: cousin of the Duke of Guermantes, obsessed by the row and the birth; becomes persuaded of the innocence of Dreyfus
Guermantes , Palamède of: to see Charlus
Guermantes , Marie Princess of, born Duchess in Bavaria, also called Marie-Gilbert or Marie-Hedwige: marry precedent, sister of the Duke of Bavaria; very beautiful, it developed a nonreciprocal passion for Charlus
Guermantes , Baron of: friend of the Duke of Châtellerault; attend the living room of Mrs. de Villeparisis
Guermantes-Brassac , Miss of: niece of the Princess of Guermantes; the rumor claims that it is promised in marriage to Saint-Wolf

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Herweck , Mr. of: Bavarian musician with the long hair, introduced to the Duchess of Guermantes by her husband
Heudicourt , Zenaïade of: cousin of the Duchess of Guermantes; parsimonious, she asks her cook not to make chicken when she learns that the Duke and the Duchess will not attend the dinner which she provided with Mr. de Bréauté
Hirsch , Baron: guest at the Duke of Guermantes
Historian of the Sling : to see Pierre, Mr.
Howsler (elder): chief of the coachmen of Verdurin; melancholic person, he is victim of the machination of Morel and the driver
Howsler (junior): brother of the precedent; engaged as footman at Verdurin
Hunolstein , Mrs. of: called “Small” because of its enormous gauge

I

Iéna , Prince and Princess of: friends of the Duke of Guermantes, but not of the Duchess, who mistake their tastes for the struck pieces of furniture of the bee (Napoleonean symbol)
Imbert , Mrs., of Combray: aunt Léonie asks Francoise to find where this lady had its asparaguses
Israels , Sir Rufus: Jewish financier, married with aunt de Swann; owner of a flanked house of a park of Ours which belonged to the family of Charlus
Israels , Lady: marry precedent, aunt de Swann; very rich, Odette

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Garden of Combray : align the ways of the garden of manner too symmetrical for the grandmother of the narrator; sees the revolutions of a better eye than the wars
Jardinier of Raspelière : grogne under the yoke of Verdurin and has feelings mixed towards the Marchioness with Cambremer
Journalistes with the theater: Saint-wolf strikes one of them
Julien : the son-in-law of Francoise, it hates it
Julot : one of the men whom the narrator hears with the brothel of Jupien
Julot (" gros") : another accustomed brothel of Jupien, party to the face, which one does not have any more a news
Jupien : tailor (or giletier) whose workshop is in the Hotel of Guermantes; becomes the “secretary” of Charlus, then buys and directs a brothel for its account
Jupien , Marie-Antoinette: niece of precedent (even if the grandmother of the narrator, and sometimes Proust itself, describe it like his/her daughter), dressmaker, it is in love with Morel

K

L

Lambresac , Duchess of: in the Princess of Guermantes, her smile marks the narrator by his stupidity.
Rochefoucauld , Duke of: maternal grandfather of Saint-Wolf
Rochefoucauld , Duchess of: enormous friend of Mrs. de Bouillon
Lavrière , them: rich person cousins of Francoise; “only true characters in the novel”
Lau d' Allemans , Marquis of: a close friend of Swann before his marriage; the Duchess of Guermantes speaks about her relaxation vis-a-vis the Prince of Wales
Laumes , Prince and Princess of: to see Guermantes, Duke and Duchess of
Lea , Miss: actress; lives with the cousin of Bloch, Esther Levy; writing a letter with Morel where she recognizes it like “one among us”. One can suppose that it had saphic adventures with Albertine
Leblois de Charlus , Count: confused with the Baron de Charlus in certain artistic circles
Legrandin : engineer and man of letters, brother of Mrs. de Cambremer, man with a moustache and snob
Leon , Prince of: brother-in-law of Saint-Wolf and nephew of the Duchess of Guermantes, with the shape of cranium of the former Welsh; it is taken for a “englische” by its peasants
Léonie , aunt (Mrs Octave): confined to bed since the death of his/her husband; Marcel gives part of his pieces of furniture to the tenant of a brothel.
Leroi , Mrs. Blanche: a snob girl of wood merchants; she says love that she “often does it but never speaks about it”
''' Leroy-Beaulieu ''', Anatole (1842-1912): economist and member of the Academy of Science morals and policies; advise with the father of the narrator to present itself to the elections of the Institute
Létourville , Duchesse of: meet Marcel and Charlus, then old, on the Fields-Elysées; is surprised by the appearance of this last
Létourville : young person, related with the preceding one; regard the narrator as an old gentleman
Levy , Esther: cousin of Bloch; lives with Lea; she and the sister of Bloch draw the attention of Albertine to the Casino of Balbec
Lift of the Large Hotel , Balbec: intermediary with Albertine; forget to close the doors; curious verbal mannerisms
Loiseau , Mrs. has: have a house behind the church with Combray; its fuchsias have the bad habits to leave in all the directions
Longpont , Mrs. Barbe: principal attraction of the one of Wednesdays of Mrs. Verdurin with Raspelière
Loredan : nickname of the coachman of Swann; to see Remi
Luxembourg , Large Duke of: in the past Count de Nassau, nephew of the Princess of Luxembourg; writing with the narrator during the disease of his grandmother; married the grand-daughter of a producer of flour
Luxembourg , Princesse of: presented to the grandmother of the narrator by Mrs. de Villeparisis, large red-headed with the voice of nightingale

M

Mama : to see Osmond, Amanien, Marquis of
Mom : to see Mother
Manchester , Consuelo, Duchess of: take along the Duchess Guermantes to make shopping with London
Mangin : Master (of weapons?) of Saint-Wolf
Marcel : Possibly the first name of the narrator. By twice in captive the , the narrator is called Marcel: once in its own mouth, once in that of Albertine. On the other hand, on an occasion and explicitly, the narrator indicates that to allot the first name " Marcel" , which is that of the author, is only one assumption. (Ouf.) See Narrator
Marie-Aymard : to see Marsantes, Countess of
Marie-Gilbert or Marie-Hedwige : to see Guermantes, Marie Princess of
Marguerite : girl of Francoise; adopt the Parisian slang and evokes Combray with contempt
Marsantes , Count or Marquis of: father of Saint-Wolf; chair of the Jockey club during 10 years; killed during the war of 1870; republican and liberal but less than his son
Marsantes , Countess of (Marie-Aymard): widow of the precedent, mother of Saint-Wolf and sister of the Duke of Guermantes and Charlus
''' Mathilde ''', Princess, girl of Jerome Bonaparte (1820-1904): the narrator the meeting with Swann at the Bois de Boulogne
Maurice : one of the gigolos of the brothel of Jupien
''' Méline ''', Jules (1838-1925): Prime Minister during the Dreyfus business; friend of the father of the Same narrator
: nickname of Charlus
Mother (of the narrator): resemble much - and more and more - his/her own mother.
Monk : brother-in-law of the grandmother of the narrator; observe Marcel at the time of his/her the funeral grandmother day before
Molé , Comtesse: mysteriously badly-liked of Charlus; she however defends it against Verdurin during the war
Monserfeuil , General of: the Duchess of Guermantes refuses to speak to him in the name of Saint-Wolf (see Beauserfeuil), it is rough which cannot recognize truths ruby
Monteriender , Comtesse of: at Mrs. of Holy-Euverte, makes a remark absurdity in connection with the Sonate of Vinteuil
Montmorency-Luxembourg , Duchesse of: love much the Duchess of Guermantes, which does not return to him
Montpeyroux , Comtesse of: sister of the Viscountess de Vélude; called “Small” because it is enormous
Moreau , A.J. : friend and colleague of the father of the narrator
Morel , Charles: violonist, wire of the servant of the uncle Aldolphe; first price of academy, violent one and paedophile. Charlus in is in love
Morienval , Baronne of: with the opera, does not support the comparison with the Princess and the Duchess of Guermantes
Mortemart , Duchesse of: discusses with Charlus at Verdurin
Musicien (eminent), friend of the Ski, guest with Raspelière

NR

Naples , Queen of, Maria-Sophia-Amelia, girl of Maximillien-Joseph, Duke of Bavaria, marries of the king François II of Deux-Siciles and sister of the empress of Austria Sissi (1841-1925): returns to seek its range at Verdurin and takes Charlus under its protection. It fought on the ramparts of Gaète.
Nassau , Count of: to see Luxembourg, Large Duke of
Nassau , Princess of: old courtesan; even character that the Princess of Orvilliers
Nephews of Francoise: one of them tries to be made exempt military service during the war, the other is killed with Berry-with-Vat
Nievre , Princesse of: cousin of Mrs. de Guermantes; Gilberte with her son
Noailles , Anna would see well of: marry of a cousin of Saint-Wolf, and Eastern poetess
Noémie , Miss: assistant with the " house of plaisir" of Maineville; helps Charlus and Jupien with espionner Morel
Norpois , Marquis of: ex-ambassador; lover of Mrs. de Villeparisis, it is the image of the count Mosca, the character of Chartreuse of Parma
Norpois , Baron and Baroness of: nephew and niece of the Marquis, always in black, very pious
Notary , of Mans: to see Blandais, Mr.

O

Octave : young dandy with Balbec, wire of an industrialist; phthisical, dissipated and player, called “in cabbages”
Octave , Mrs.: to see Léonie, aunt
Octave , uncle: husband of aunt Léonie; already deceased when the narrator spends his holidays to Combray

Odette : Mrs. de Crécy, then Mrs. Swann, and finally Mrs. de Forcheville. She resembles the girl of Jéthro, in the fresco of Botticelli.
Oloron , Miss of: to see Jupien, Marie-Antoinette
Orgeville , Miss of: young woman of good family which, according to Saint-Wolf, attends brothels (see Eporcheville, Miss of)
Oriane : to see Guermantes, Duchess of
Orleans , Henri-Philippe-Marie, Prince of: friend of Saint-Wolf
Orsan , Mr. of: friend of Swann, suspecté to have written the anonymous letter. Delicate, with the right words and the discrete gestures
Orvillers , Princess of (Paulette): fact of the advances to the narrator in the street (see Nassau, Princess of); Austrian accent
Osmond , Amanien, Marquis of (" Mama") : cousin of Guermantes; very sick, its imminent death has unhappy consequences for their plans in the world

P

Palancy , Marquis of: Swann finds that it resembles the Vieil man with his grandson of Ghirlandaio
Parma , Princesse of: give the most beautiful evenings of Paris; snob and arrogant
Fishing : approached by the narrator with Carqueville
Percepied , doctor: the narrator composes its first literary test in his car; he is married, made jokes and has a large voice
Perdreau , abbot: of Combray, it has a niece with the convent
Père of the narrator
Périgot , Joseph: young footman of Francoise to Paris, which takes pleasure to move; it sends to its family of the books which it takes in the library of the narrator
Péruvien (young person): develop a violent hatred of Mrs. de Mortemart
Norwegian Philosophe : guest of Verdurin with Raspelière
Pianist (young person): sponsored by Verdurin (Dechambre?)
Pierre , Mr.: historian of the Sling to the living room of Mrs. de Villeparisis
Pierre : gatekeeper of club; writing a letter intimates to Charlus
Piperaud , doctor: doctor of Combray
Picquart , Georges-Marie, then General and Minister for the War (1854-1914): one of the main actors of the Dreyfus business; attend the living room of Mrs. Verdurin
Plassac , Walpurge, Marquise of: fact call to his/her cousin the duke of Guermantes, with his sister Mrs. de Tresmes, to bring back to him the health condition of Amanien d' Osmond'; one of the women with a cane
Poitiers , Duchess of: cousin of Saint-Wolf, which recommends it to the narrator to replace his affection for the Duchess of Guermantes
Poiré , abbot: priest supporter of Dreyfus; confess the prince and the princess of Guermantes
Poix , Princesse of: friend intimates of the Duchess of Guermantes
Polignac , Prince of: whimsical liking Wagner, friend of the Prince Von
Pommelière , marchioness of: called " Pomme"
Poncin , Mr.: judge Caen, on vacation in Balbec; becomes Commandeur of the Legion of Honor
Poncin , Mrs.: woman of the precedent; apprehend the meeting of Mrs. de Villeparisis and the Princess of Luxembourg
Portefin , Berthe, duchess of: Mrs. de Villeparisis at the scenic level
Potain , doctor helps: famous doctor who looked after Vinteuil
Poullein : footman of Guermantes; they prevent it from going to see its been engaged
Pourtalès , Melanie: she receives from Guermantes but also the orthodoxe ones and Protestants
Poussin , Mrs.: ram of Combray on vacation with Balbec with his/her daughters, it repeats “You will tell of them me news”
Pupin , Mr., girl of: schoolgirl with Combray
Putbus , Baroness: described by the duchess of Guermantes like " dregs of the société" ; arrive at Venice the day of the departure of the narrator
Putbus , domestic of the Baroness: sister of Theodore; Saint-wolf known as of it which it has leaning for the women and which it attends the brothels; the narrator wishes it

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R

Rachel : actress, mistress of Saint-Wolf; not pretty but intelligent air. When it meets it in a brothel, the narrator calls it “Rachel when of the Lord”, according to the first words of an opera of Halévy
Rampillon , Mrs. of: at Mrs. de Saint-Euverte, mentioned by the duchess of Guermantes, it would have at least hundred years according to this one
Rapin , Mr.: pharmacist of Combray
Réjane , French actress (1856-1920)

Remi : to notch of Swann, double of the Doge Leonardo Loredano (its bust by Rizzo)
Restorer : owner from a restaurant in Paris where the narrator dines with Saint-Wolf
Riche young man : to see Vaudémont, Marquis Maurice
Rosemonde : one of the young girls in flower of Balbec; small to the pink cheeks bouffies, it comes from North, his/her parents have a villa with Incarville
Rozier , Jacques of: name adopted by Bloch in the last part of Research
Rousseau , Mrs.: a woman who dies in Combray

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Holy-Cross , Mr. of: general adviser of Balbec, republican
Saint-Euverte , Mrs. of: made musical evenings, and goes in the princess of Guermantes
Saint-Ironwood , Marquise of: the lady toilet attendant of the Fields-Elysées
Saint-Joseph , General of: person in charge of the assignments in Morocco
''' Saint-Wolf ''' or ''' Saint-Wolf-in-Bray ''', Robert, Marquis of: large, with the green eyes, better friend of the narrator
Saniette : former archivist, it is used scapegoat for Mr. Verdurin; it is the brother-in-law of Forcheville
Sauton , Mrs.: of Combray, it has a son in service
Sazerat , Mrs.: of Combray, sister of Mrs. Goupil, supporter of Dreyfus, it remains from time to time in Paris
Schlegel , Mr. of: learned how with Mrs. Verdurin to recognize the flowers
Sherbatoff , Princesse: enormous and ugly old woman, very rich, it has a Russian accent; it is the prototype of faithful small core Verdurin
Sidonia , Duc of: he speaks without stop
Silistrie , Princesse of: dry but the pleasant air, it carries a cane; cousin of Basin
Simonet , Albetine: to see Albertine
Ski : sculptor attached to Verdurins, of Polish origin, with the infantile behavior. Not very intelligent but very talented, its character resembles that of Elstir but they hate
Stermaria , Mr. of: always in a hurry and distant
Stermaria , Alix, Viscountess of: blonde with the pale dye, it incarnates by her name the dreams of Brittany of the narrator, but opportunity of meeting her finally escapes to him
Surgis , Victurnien, Marquis of: wire of Mrs. de Surgis and brother of Arnulphe, russet-red with the royal and marmoreal imposing presence
Emerge-the-Duke , Marchioness of: very beautiful, mistress of Basin

''' Swann ''', Charles: resemble to the King fair magus of the fresco of Luini
Swann , Gilberte: to see Gilberte
Swann , Odette: to see Odette

T

Theodore : of Combray, cantor (and church guides) and boy grocer, adviser, he is also womanizer (and perhaps bisexual). It is the brother of the chambermaid of the baroness Putbus
Thirion , Mr.: took the name of Villeparisis which was uncommon, according to Guermantes; married the future Madam de Villeparisis
Toureuil , President: in Balbec, dines at Bontemps
Tresmes , Dorothée of: cousin of Basin, girl of the Count de Bréquigy, carries a cane

U

Uzès or Uzès de Crussol , Jacques, Duke of: friend of Saint-Wolf

V

Servant of the family of the Narrator : to see Victor
Servant of Guermantes : to see Antoine
Footman (young person): to see Périgot
Footman at Guermantes : to see Poullein
Footman of Mrs. de Chevregny : guest with a dinner with the Large Hotel of Balbec by Charlus
Footman of Verdurin : young person and new; interest Charlus
Footmen of Charlus : to see Burnier and Charmel
Footmen at Mrs. de Saint-Euverte : compared with the figures of the “Martyr of Jacques Saint” of Mantegna and to the characters of “the Staircase of the giants” to the Ducal Palate of Venice
Vallenères , Mr.: archivist of the letters of Mrs. de Villeparisis, manages also his properties
Varambon , Mrs. of: lady-in-waiting idiot of the Princess of Parma
Vatry, Colonel Baron of: tenant and friend of the great-uncle Adolphe with 40 bis boulevard Malesherbes with Paris'

Vaudémont , Maurice, Marquis of: play charts with Balbec with friends

Vaugoubert , Marquis of: attache near king Théodose, too polished, in confidences with Charlus

Vélude, Viscountess of: sister of Montpeyroux, called “Nice” because it is énorme'
Verdurin , Gustave or Auguste: devoted to his wife, it carries out the dirty works, martyrise Saniette, but is sometimes generous
Verdurin , Mrs.: queen of its living room, street Montalivet then Conti quay, authoritative and jealous, it can bring together talented artists like Elstir and Ski; later its living room becomes supporter of Dreyfus, it is also one of the first to discover the Russian Ballet
Villeparisis , Madeleine, Marquise of: of the family of Bubble, it is the aunt of Guermantes, cousin of the evil of MacMahon and the dukes of Rochefoucauld. She knew Bathilde with the Sacred Heart. Very noble but simple, it paints flowers, a little déchue of its prestige in the intermediate aristocratic mediums
Villeparisis , Jehan of: nephew of Mrs. de Villeparisis
Vinteuil , Mr.: obscure piano teacher in Montjouvain, close to Combray, he is also a famous type-setter in Paris. Severe on the behavior of the others, it lets do with his daughter what she wants.
Vinteuil , Miss: girl of Vinteuil, it is lesbian and it is by espionnant it that the narrator discovers female homosexuality

W

Wurtemberg , Duke of: brother of the mother of Von, it married a sister of the duke of Aumale

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