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Proustian Characters

Portraits of the figures who inspired the work of Marcel Proust.

Garden of the Maison de Tante Léonie, 2024 reopening — The garden of the Maison de Tante Léonie (2024) SAMP

Interior of the Maison de Tante Léonie — Interior with portrait and candlesticks (2024) SAMP

Exhibition room of the Maison de Tante Léonie in 2024 — Exhibition room (2024) SAMP

Renovated bedroom of the Maison de Tante Léonie in 2019 — Renovated bedroom (2019) SAMP

Reading ceremony at Proust's grave — Reading ceremony at Père-Lachaise (2021) SAMP

Laying of flowers on the grave of Marcel Proust — Laying of flowers on the grave of Marcel Proust (2021) SAMP

SAMP exhibition in Illiers-Combray in 2021 — Exhibition in Illiers-Combray (2021) SAMP

Bust of Marcel Proust created by Lipzyc — Bust of Marcel Proust by Lipzyc (2025) SAMP

Literary gathering around Du côté de chez Swann — Gathering around Swann (2025) SAMP

Black-and-white portrait of Céleste Albaret — Céleste Albaret, housekeeper and confidante of Marcel Proust

Street in Illiers-Combray with the église Saint-Jacques — The rue du Saint-Esprit and the église Saint-Jacques

Vintage postcard of the château de Tansonville — The château de Tansonville — vintage postcard

Vintage postcard of the garden of the Pré Catelan — The garden of the Pré Catelan — vintage postcard

Oriental salon — The oriental salon, with its stained-glass window

Tante Léonie's bedroom

Dining room — The dining room, with the madeleines

Red salon — The red salon with the portrait of Marcel Proust

Pavilion of the Pré Catelan — The pavilion of the Pré Catelan

Portrait of Marcel Proust circa 1895 by Otto Wegener — Marcel Proust circa 1895 Otto Wegener

Painted portrait of Marcel Proust by Blanche — Portrait of Marcel Proust by Jacques-Emile Blanche (1892) Jacques-Emile Blanche

Photographic portrait of Marcel Proust as a young man — Marcel Proust, portrait as a young man

Marcel Proust in 1895 — Marcel Proust, 1895

Portrait of Marcel Proust — Marcel Proust

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