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Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil [1] ( French: [amɑ̃tin lysil oʁɔʁ dypɛ̃]; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand ( French: [ʒɔʁʒ sɑ̃d] ), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. [2] [3] One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, [4] being more renowned than either ...
Apr 5, 2024 · George Sand (born July 1, 1804, Paris, France—died June 8, 1876, Nohant) was a French Romantic writer known primarily for her so-called rustic novels. She was brought up at Nohant, near La Châtre in Berry, the country home of her grandmother. There she gained the profound love and understanding of the countryside that were to inform most of ...
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- George’s Sand’s first novel, Indiana (1832), brought her immediate fame, but she is best known for her rustic novels La Mare au diable (1846), Fran...
- Although George Sand is principally remembered for her contributions to literature, particularly her rustic novels, she also gained notoriety for h...
- Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, who would adopt George Sand as a pseudonym, was brought up at Nohant, near La Châtre in Berry, the country home of he...
Chopin had an long and stormy affair with a novelist called George Sand after meeting her in 1836. At least, that's what she said her name was in order to get noticed in a society that didn't look favourably on female authors - her real name was Aurore Dudevant. 15 images.
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Apparently, Sand was intrigued by Chopin even before they met. It is believed she encouraged their mutual friend Franz Liszt to arrange an introduction.. On 24 October 1836, in the salon of fellow author (and Liszt’s mistress) Marie d’Agoult, George Sand and Frédéric Chopin met each other for the first time.
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1838 he began a love affair with French novelist Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, a.k.a., George Sand. The couple spent a harsh winter on the Spanish island of Majorca, where Chopin became ill.
Feb 16, 2019 · Jone Johnson Lewis. Updated on February 16, 2019. George Sand (born Armandine Aurore Lucille Dupin, July 1, 1804 — June 9, 1876) was a controversial yet popular writer and novelist of her time. Considered a Romantic idealist writer, she was read among the artists and intelligentsia.
May 7, 2024 · Blessed with genius, success, and the love of Europe's most famous-and infamous-woman novelist, George Sand, Chopin's years of triumph ended with his expulsion from paradise: less than two decades after his conquest of Paris, the composer lay destitute and dying in the arms of Sand's estranged daughter, Solange.
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