In Search of Lost Time · Character
Marquise de Cambremer
The snobbish wife of the Marquis de Cambremer, born Legrandin.
minor
Also known as Mme. de Cambremer, the young Mme. de Cambremer, Legrandin
First appearance: combray
Marquise de Cambremer shows up with force in Swann in Love. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Introduced to General de Froberville by Swann at a party, part of the retrospective reflection on early encounters.
Marquise de Cambremer first appears in 0004 combray.
In Swann in Love: Introduced to General de Froberville by Swann at a party, part of the retrospective reflection on early encounters.
Later, in II (Continued): Expresses acute pain at Franck's music; exclaims 'Sublime!' at Debussy but is embarrassed when Morel plays Meyerbeer; hysterically discovers a volume of Scarlatti.
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- Aristocratic and artistic connections
- Narrator's social and romantic circles
- Combray household figures
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