Marie Nordlinger

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Manchester-born Marie Nordlinger (1876–1961), Madame Riefstahl, was a friend and correspondent of the French writer Marcel Proust (1871-1922), whom she first met in Paris in 1896. Nordlinger assisted Proust, who knew very little English, with his translations into French of John Ruskin's (1819-1900) The Bible of Amiens and Sesame and Lilies. She has been considered to be a model for some episodes featuring Albertine in À la recherche du temps perdu, Proust's masterpiece, which was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. However, Nordlinger always denied this association.

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In 1896 a young girl called Marie Nordlinger arrived in Paris from Manchester to study painting. Her cousin, Reynaldo Hahn, was becoming known as a composer and performer whose songs were sung in many European drawing-rooms. His close friend Marcel Proust was an aspiring novelist and student of law and philosophy. Their friendship was based on a passion for literature and music. The mainspring of the enduring friendship between Marie and Marcel was their devotion to Reynaldo, but they also shared an enthusiasm for the fine arts, the countryside and the writings of John Ruskin. Marie spoke fluent French