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Index
Cover
Other Titles
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
OVERTURE: LIKE A SWAN
PART ONE
Chapter One: Rara Avis (June 2, 1885)
LEITMOTIF: PRETTY BIRDS
Chapter Two: My Don Giovanni, My Faust
Chapter Three: The Kingdom of Shadows
HABANERA: OISEAUX REBELLES
Chapter Four: Bohemia’s Child
Chapter Five: The Fall and the Rise
Chapter Six: Good for the Goose
IMPROVISATION: TRILLS AND FEATHERS
Chapter Seven: The Art of Being Seen
BAGATELLE: BIRDSONG
Chapter Eight: Prince Charming
Chapter Nine: Paris High and Low
Chapter Ten: A Modern-Day Aramis
CHORALE: LOVEBIRDS
Chapter Eleven: The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet
Chapter Twelve: Lame Ducks
PART TWO
VARIATIONS: CAGED BIRDS
Chapter Thirteen: Kisses Never Given
Chapter Fourteen: Fodder for Sonnets
Chapter Fifteen: Birds of Paradise
Chapter Sixteen: The Picture of Mme Bizet
CADENZA: PAINTERS, WRITERS, PARROTS, PROPHETS
Chapter Seventeen: Elegance for Beginners
Chapter Eighteen: Our Heart
PAVANE: PAIR-BONDING
Chapter Nineteen: In Which Proust Is Disappointed
LAMENT: OISEAUX TRISTES
Chapter Twenty: Dead Love, Still Undying
Chapter Twenty-one: The Replacements
Chapter Twenty-two: Goddesses and Monsters
Chapter Twenty-three: So Long as the Gesture Is Beautiful
Chapter Twenty-four: Sovereigns of Transitory Things (May 30, 1894)
RONDO: THE REAL KING OF BIRDS, OR VIVE LE ROITELET
CODA: SWAN SONG
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Author’s Note
Appendix B: Timeline of Political Régime Changes in France, 1792–1870
Appendix C: Proust as Social Columnist
Notes
Works Consulted
Illustration Credits
A Note About the Author
Illustrations
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