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Nov 10, 2017 · Set in the French countryside of George Sand’s childhood and narrated in the unique voice of a Berrichon peasant, La Petite Fadette is a beloved 1848 novel about identical twin brothers and...
- George Sand
- La Petite Fadette
- Penn State Press, 2017
- Gretchen van Slyke
Set in the French countryside of George Sand’s childhood and narrated in the unique voice of a Berrichon peasant, La Petite Fadette is a beloved 1848 novel about identical twin brothers and Fadette, the mysterious waif with whom they both fall in love.
La Petite Fadette begins with a description of the childhood and young adulthood of identical twin brothers Landry and Sylvanet. When Landry is sent away to work on a neighboring farm, he meets 15-year-old Fadette, an exuberant tomboy who lives wth her grandmother, who is reputed to be a witch.
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Jan 12, 2013 · Fadette is a pastoral novel, written around 1848 by George Sand, which is set in a small French village and tells the story of Francoise (Fanchon), alias the little Fadette, and the “twins of the Twinnery.” The novel begins with the birth of the twins—Landry and Sylvinet Barbeau—and with some wise advice on how to raise twins in order ...
Little Fadette by George Sand - The 5308th greatest book of all time. The novel centers around a young peasant named François, who falls in love with Fadette, a girl shunned by their village due to her family's reputation and her unconventional behavior.
A Domestic Story (1851) and Little Fadette (1967), is an 1849 novel by French novelist George Sand, née Amantine Dupin. Sand wrote the rural story together with in the 1840s as she left behind her life as a glamorous writer in Paris to return to the countryside of Châteauroux.
A Domestic Story (1851) and Little Fadette (1967), is an 1849 novel written by French novelist George Sand, born Amantine Dupin. Sand wrote the rural story together with La Mare au Diable and François le Champi in the 1840s as she returned from Paris to the countryside of Châteauroux.
