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"Born to great wealth in 1876 and raised in Washington, D.C., and Bar Harbor, Maine, Natalie Clifford Barney was expected to marry well and lead the conventional life of a privileged society woman. But Natalie wasn't interested in marriage and made no secret of the fact that she was attracted to women.".
"Raised by a nonconformist and artistic mother - the painter Alice Pike Barney - Natalie developed an early interest in poetry and the arts. Moving to Paris at the century's turn, she plunged into the city's vibrant social and literary scene, quickly becoming known among the young, cutting-edge literati as "the rarest and most intelligent woman" of her time. She was equally renowned as a notorious seductress, one who effortlessly conquered the hearts of women and the minds of men.
The story of her first notorious love affair - with Liane de Pougy, the most sought-out courtesan of Belle Epoque Paris - was transformed by Liane, with Natalie's assistance, into a bestselling 1901 roman a clef. Natalie's lovers continued to write about her for decades - sometimes impishly (Colette), or with brutal honesty (Lucie Delarue-Mardrus), or with a disturbing mixture of anger, worship, and grief (the tragic poet Renee Vivien). Men, including would-be lovers such as Remy de Gourmont or Bernard Berenson, tended to write of Barney with admiration, even reverence. Ultimately, her powerful salon and compelling personality attracted the greatest figures of twentieth-century arts and letters, including Edna St.
Vincent Millay, Isadora Duncan, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and Truman Capote."--BOOK JACKET.
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Wild Heart: A Life: Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris
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Wild heart: a life : Natalie Clifford Barney's journey from Victorian America to Belle Epoque Paris
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Wild heart: a life : Natalie Clifford Barney's journey from Victorian America to Belle Epoque Paris
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-396) and index
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Born in 1876, Natalie Barney-beautiful, charismatic, brilliant and wealthy-was expected to marry well and lead the conventional life of a privileged society woman. But Natalie had no interest in marriage and made no secret of the fact that she was attracted to women. Brought up by a talented and rebellious mother-the painter Alice Barney-Natalie cultivated an interest in poetry and the arts. When she moved to Paris in the early 1900s, she plunged into the city's literary scene, opening a famed Left Bank literary salon and engaging in a string of scandalous affairs with courtesan Liane de Pougy, poet Renee Vivien, and painter Romaine Brooks, among others. For the rest of her long and controversial life Natalie Barney was revered by writers for her generous, eccentric spirit and reviled by high society for her sexual appetite. In the end, she served as an inspiration and came to know many of the greatest names of 20th century arts and letters-including Proust, Colette, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Isadora Duncan, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and Truman Capote.A dazzling literary biography, Wild Heart: A Life is a story of a woman who has been an icon to many. Set against the backdrop of two different societies-Victorian America and Belle Epoque Europe- Wild Heart: A Life beautifully captures the richness of their lore.
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