France in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)

Cannebiere is the name of a historic street in the old quarter of Marseilles, France. By "a Cannebiere backdrop," the narrative probably refers not just to the "mountains" and the "sea," but also to the elegant life found there during the district's heyday between the two World Wars, when its cafes and hotels and boutiques were frequently by members of high society (334).