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Valcourt, Mme Edith de: at the Verdurin's; excluded from Mme de Mortemart's musical
evening
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Valet of the Narrator's father: see Victor
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Valet of Uncle Adolphe:
father of Morel
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Vallenères, M.:
archivist, occasional secretary to Mme de Villeparisis
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Varambon, Mme de: lady-in-waiting to the Princesse de Parme
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Vatry, Colonel the Baron de: tenant of Uncle Adolphe's
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Vaudémont, Marquis
Maurice de: one of the two young noblemen who, with an Actress and her lover, a Rich Young Man, form an exclusive
group at Balbec
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Vaugobert, Marquis de: Ambassador of France at the
court of King Theodosius; has
the same tastes as Charlus
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Vaugobert, Mme de: wife of the above; has a
masculine air
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Vélude, Vicomtesse
de: sister of the Comtesse de
Montpeyroux, nicknamed "Mignonne" on account
of her stoutness
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Verdurin, M.
[ver-doo-ranh]: abets Mme Verdurin's despotic behavior
towards the "faithful"
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Verdurin, Mme
[ver-doo-ranh]: "Mistress" of the "little
clan" also known as the "faithful"; after
the death of M. Verdurin marries first the Duc de Duras, and then the Prince de Guermantes
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Victor: butler of the
Narrator's family (sometimes referred to as valet);
his conversation is peppered with witticisms; teases Françoise
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Villebon, Mme de: a Courvoisier and stickler for social
distinctions
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Villemandois, Marquise de: asks to be introduced to
the Narrator at the Princesse de
Guermantes' reception, having totally forgotten
their old feud
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Villemur, Mme de: introduced to the painter
Detaille at the Princesse de
Guermantes'
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Villeparisis
[veel-pah’-ree-sees], Marquise de, née Mlle
de Bouillon, aunt of the Duc and
Duchesse de Guermantes; friend of the Narrator's
grandmother from convent days;
lover of the Duc de Norpois
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Vinteuil
[van-teuh’-ee]: musician, composer of a sonata and
septet; former piano-teacher to the Narrator's grandmother's sisters; living
in retirement at Monjouvain, near Combray
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Vinteuil, Mlle: daughter of the above; profanes her
father's memory with her friend
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Vinteuil, friend of Mlle: had "been like a
mother" to Albertine;
transcribes Vinteuil's works
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Viradobetski: see Ski
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Viralef, Mme de: invites the Guermantes to the Opéra with
Gilberte
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Vladimir, Grand Duke: takes amusement at the
inundation of Mme
d'Arpajon
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Von, Prince: see Faffenheim
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