Word: aubernon
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...sodomy. While Proust pursued halfhearted studies for the law and the diplomatic service, he put his passion into social climbing. The life of the salons provides Author Painter with the most fascinating and amusing section of his book. The Parisian wits skewered each other like shish kebab. At Mme. Aubernon's (a fat, lively little woman and the chief model for Mme. Verdurin in Remembrance), the subject for conversation was announced days in advance. "What is your opinion of adultery?" she asked Mme. Straus (a Duchesse de Guermantes model) when that was the theme. Mme. Straus replied...
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