In Search of Lost Time · Character
Duc de Guermantes (Basin)
Basin, Duc de Guermantes, wears his ancient name like armor, bluff and vain, more at home among his estates and mistresses than in his wife's scintillating wit.
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Also known as Basin, the Duc de Guermantes
First appearance: volume iii the guermantes way
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The Duc embodies the Guermantes name as inherited grandeur: proud of his lineage, indifferent to art, and serenely convinced of his own importance. His marriage to the far cleverer Oriane is a study in mismatched…
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