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G E Haussmann
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Gabriel
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Gabriel Gery
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Gabrielli
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Gadtchina (Gatchina)
PlaceGatchina (French: Gatchina, Marie's spelling: Gadtchina) is a town about 45 km south of St. Petersburg, famous for its imperial palace. After the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, his successor Alexander III chose the Gatchina Palace as his primary residence, making it the de facto seat of Russian imperial power during the later years of Marie's diary.
Gaedes
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Gagarine
PlaceThe Gagarine family (also spelled Gagarin) was part of the Russian aristocratic circle in Nice during the 1870s. With 20 mentions in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary, they were regular participants in the social life of the Russian expatriate community.
Gaillard
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Gaillardet
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Gaite Theater
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Galignani
CultureGalignani's Messenger - English-language newspaper published in Paris for British expatriates and tourists.
Galliffet
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Galloni d Istria
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Galula
CultureA young man in Nice society who becomes the crucial intermediary between Marie Bashkirtseff and Emile Audiffret. He plays a key role in facilitating their first formal introduction.
Galula Dechiar
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Galuta
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Galve
PersonAn old man in Nice society who participates in shooting matches and associates with Lambertye's group.
Galzowsky
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Gancia
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Gans
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Garach
PersonDressmaker or fashion house, used as inferior comparison to Worth.
Gare
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gare de Lyon
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gare Montparnasse
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gare Saint-Lazare
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Garnier
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Gaslina
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Gaston
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Gaston de Larderei
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Gatowsky
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Gaugiran
PersonA woman whose appearance Marie finds unpleasant. Used as reference point in Marie's nightmare about Hamilton's wife.
Gautier
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Gavini Family
PersonThe Gavini family were important social connections for Marie Bashkirtseff in Paris during 1879. They represent Marie's efforts to establish herself in Parisian high society through strategic friendships.
Gavronzi
PlaceGavronzi was a countryside estate in the Poltava region of Ukraine where a dramatic custody confrontation occurred between Marie's maternal and paternal family members. The estate featured a yellow pavilion that became the setting for this pivotal family incident.
Gayarre
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Gazette des Tribunaux
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Gedanoff
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General Albedinsky
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General Bihovetz
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General Fortune Teller
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General Loris Melikoff
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General Nicolai
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General Rostovzeff
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Genes
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Geneva
PlaceGeneva (French: Genève) is a Swiss city that served as a crucial refuge for the Bashkirtseff family during the Franco-Prussian War (1870) and remained a place Marie appreciated for short visits throughout her life.
Geneve
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Genoa (Gènes)
PlaceMajor Italian port city, destination for a planned trip that was abandoned.
Gentil Bernard
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George Sand
CultureGeorge Sand (1804-1876) was the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, one of the most prolific and celebrated French novelists of the 19th century. Famous for her romantic novels (*Indiana*, *Lélia*, *Consuelo*, *La Mare au diable*), her male pseudonym, her habit of wearing men's clothing, her love affairs (with Alfred de Musset, Frédéric Chopin, and others), and her political activism, Sand embodied the possibility of a woman living an independent intellectual and creative life.
Georges (Uncle, Marie's Mother's Brother)
PersonGeorges was Marie Bashkirtseff's maternal uncle, brother of Maria Stepanovna Babanina (Marie's mother). He was clearly a troubled and possibly criminal individual who caused enormous family dysfunction throughout his life.
Georges Bertrand
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Georges Sand
PlaceGeorges Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, 1804-1876) was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. She was known for her prolific output, her unconventional lifestyle (including wearing men's clothing and smoking in public), her love affairs with famous men (including Chopin and Musset), and her novels exploring social issues.
Gerbel
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Gerhardt von Doenhoff
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Gericault
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Gericke
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German
CultureMarie occasionally uses German words or phrases, particularly in contexts related to German-speaking visitors, Vienna, or Germanic culture.
Gers
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Gervex
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Gery
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Gettatura
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Gil Blas
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Gioia
PlaceGioia is a woman frequently mentioned in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary as the romantic interest or companion of the Duke of Hamilton. Her full identity is not clearly established in the diary entries, but based on Marie's descriptions, she appears to be:
Giovanelli
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Girardin
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Girofla (Emile d'Audiffret)
Person"Girofla" is Marie Bashkirtseff's nickname for Emile d'Audiffret, a young Nicois nobleman. The name comes from the operetta Girofle-Girofla by Charles Lecocq (1874), where Girofla is one of the twin brides.
Giroflé-Girofla
CultureAn opéra bouffe in three acts with music by Charles Lecocq and libretto by Albert Vanloo and Eugène Leterrier. Premiered at the Théâtre des Fantaisies Parisiennes, Brussels, on 21 March 1874.
Gisella
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Giselle
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Giselle Van Baeker
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Givry
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Gladstone
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Glaton
PersonJeweler or goldsmith in Nice.
Gloriae Cupiditas
PlaceLatin phrase meaning "Desire for Glory" that Marie uses as the title for what she considers the 82nd book of her diary. This marks the beginning of a new phase in her writing, coinciding with her return from the emotionally tumultuous Soden spa period in August 1878.
Goblet
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God
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God Justice
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Godard
PersonA young man in Marie's Nice social circle during summer 1875. Initially shy and reserved, Marie notes he is "not as stupid as he looks" as he warms up during parlor games (July 13, 1875).
Goethe
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Goldsmid
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Golezowsky
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Gonin
PersonDressmaker in Nice whom the family had stopped using for over two years before this "solemn interview."
Gonzales
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Gonzales Family
PersonThe Gonzales family was an Argentine family that Marie Bashkirtseff encountered in Baden-Baden around 1870. The family eventually became friends with the Bashkirtseffs despite initial misunderstandings involving romantic jealousy.
Gordigiani
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Gorpintchenko
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Gouchkevitch
PersonA Russian gentleman in Nice society who was part of the drinking party with Boreel after the Cercle Masséna ball.
Gouin
PersonDressmaker in Nice creating ball gowns for society.
Graces
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Granada (Grenade)
PlaceGranada, the last stronghold of Moorish Spain (falling to the Catholic Monarchs in 1492), was one of the most dramatic destinations on the Bashkirtseff family's Spanish travels. The Alhambra palace, perched above the city with views of the Sierra Nevada, was one of Europe's most romantic and celebrated monuments, drawing artists, writers, and travelers from across the continent.
Grand Duc Alexis
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Grand Duc Constantin
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Grand Duchess Constantin
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Grand Duchess Dagmar
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Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
PersonThe Duchess of Edinburgh was Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (17 October 1853 -- 25 October 1920), the only surviving daughter of Tsar Alexander II and Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna. She married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (Queen Victoria's second son), on 23 January 1874 at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Grand Duchess Marie
PersonRussian Grand Duchess getting married in 1874, mentioned at the top of Marie's list of notable weddings.
Grand Duke Alexis
PersonRussian Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich (1850-1908), son of Emperor Alexander II. Remembered by Marie as exemplifying aristocratic perfection.
Grand Duke Nicolas
PersonRussian Grand Duke, son of Grand Duke Constantin, marrying Mlle Skobeleff in 1874.
Grand Duke Vladimir (Voldemar)
PersonRussian Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (1847-1909), son of Emperor Alexander II. Marie remembers him as exemplifying aristocratic perfection like the Hamiltons.
Grand Duke Wladimir
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Grand Dukes
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Grand Hotel
PlaceA hotel in Nice mentioned in Marie's diary entry of May 1, 1873. This is where Mlle Collignon's former lover is staying with another woman, causing great distress to the governess.
Grand Hotel Paris
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Grand mere
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Grand Opera
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Grand Prix
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Grand Prix de Paris
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Grand Saint Paul
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Grand-16
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Grand-maman
PersonGrand-maman refers to Marie Bashkirtseff's maternal grandmother, the mother of Maria Stepanovna Babanina (Marie's mother). She was part of the Babanin family, Russian nobility with estates in Ukraine.
Grand-papa (Marie's Maternal Grandfather)
PersonMarie's maternal grandfather, head of the Babanine family. He was a cultured Russian nobleman, poet, military officer, and intellectual who served in the Caucasus and was a contemporary of the great Russian Romantic poets Lermontov and Pushkin.
Grande Chaumiere (Academie de la Grande Chaumiere)
PlaceThe Academie de la Grande Chaumiere was a private art school in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, located at 14bis rue de la Grande-Chaumiere. Founded in 1904, the academy in its later form postdates Marie Bashkirtseff's life. However, the street and the area around it were already associated with artists' studios and art education in Marie's era. If referenced in the diary, it may refer to another atelier or studio in the same area, or to the general artistic neighborhood of Montparnasse that preceded the formal academy.
Grande Duchesse Catherine
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Grande Duchesse Heritiere
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grande duchesse Marie
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Grande Revue
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Grands Ducs
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Grattaminarda
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Gravelotte
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Graves
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Greece (Grece)
PlaceGreece appears in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary through cultural references to classical antiquity, political discussions about the Eastern Question, and the broader classical education that formed the foundation of 19th-century European culture. Modern Greece, independent from the Ottoman Empire since 1830, was in Marie's time a small, relatively poor kingdom whose significance was magnified by the immense prestige of ancient Greek civilization.
Grenade
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Grenouillere
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Gretchen
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Grevy
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Gridano
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Gritsia
PersonPerson discussed by family as potential marriage prospect.
Gritz Miloradovitch
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Grottaminarda
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Grotte de Fingal
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Grutli
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Guarany
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Guido Reni
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Guillaume Tell
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Guitry
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Gullivers Travels
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Gunnis
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Gutman
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Guy de Maupassant
CultureHenri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author celebrated as a master of the short story and a representative of the naturalist school. He depicted human lives, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.