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Summary: an uninhabited island. Consistent with her male pen name identity, Sand portrays the entire visit as if she were a male friend of Chopin's. In winter of 1838, the author takes the boat to Majorca, and docks at Palma. His children and Frédéric Chopin, seriously ill, accompany him.
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by Emily E. Hogstad November 15th, 2023. It’s one of the most romanticized love affairs in music history: dashing cross-dressing woman novelist George Sand becomes obsessed with, and then seduces, the sickly consumptive pianist-composer Frédéric Chopin. But how much of this story is real, and how much of it is just mythologizing?
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May 30, 2005 · 3.12. 621 ratings88 reviews. George Sand recounts the story of her 1838 winter in Majorca, a winter she passed in the company of Frederick Chopin. She describes the natural beauties of Majorca as well as the rumblings of approaching war. Genres Travel Classics Nonfiction Biography France French Literature Spain. ...more. 196 pages, Hardcover.
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The “domestic enemy” refers, of course, to Solange. The truth of the complicated drama of Sand's adoption of Augustine lies, no doubt, somewhere in between the Braults' hotheaded accusations and Sand's counterattack. But what Chopin underscores of Solange's role as seer and sayer is most revealing.
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 ...
Sep 4, 2008 · ABSTRACT. First published in 2008. In this fascinating book, the writer George Sand recounts the story of her 1838 winter in Majorca, a winter she passed in the company of Frederick Chopin. In it she describes the natural beauties of Majorca as well as the rumblings of approaching war.
Jan 24, 2024 · As time passed, the lovers' relationship deteriorated due to persistent differences, leading to ongoing conflicts. In 1847, their relationship reached its end when Chopin disappeared from Aurore's life. The breakup had a profound impact on both individuals. The last time Chopin and Sand met by chance - a year and a half before the composer's death.
