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Faust: Gounod's opera (1859), based on Goethe; enormously popular throughout the 1860s–1880s; Marie knew the work intimately from her years in Paris and Rome. ↩
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (1847–1909), third son of Emperor Alexander II; known for his imposing bearing and patronage of the arts — later president of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. ↩
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412–323 BC), the Cynic philosopher who allegedly carried a lamp in daylight searching for an honest man. Marie inverts the image: she seeks not honesty but the ideal man. ↩