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The novels Lélia (1833) and Consuelo (1842) among works, plays, and essays of French writer George Sand, pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, baroness Dudevant, concern the freedom and independence of women. People recognize this best known, most popular memoirist and journalist, more renowned in Europe in her lifetime than Victor Hugo and ...
Oct 3, 2021 · The nineteenth century was an era of strict moral codes, yet George Sand could not be restricted by these. Refusing to conform to the norms of society she cut her hair short, wore men’s clothing, smoked tobacco in public, and enjoyed affairs with many of the artistic geniuses of the era from brilliant composer Chopin to the beautiful actress ...
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Curtis Cate. 21 books5 followers. American biographer who chronicled the lives of several well-known European writers, among them Nietzsche, George Sand, and André Malraux. Cate was born in Paris in 1924 to transplanted American parents. He died of melanoma in Paris, France, where he had lived for most of his life, on November 16, 2006.
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.
The romantic and rebellious novelist George Sand, born in 1804 as Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, remains one of France’s most infamous and beloved literary figures. Thanks to a peerless translation by Gretchen van Slyke, Martine Reid’s acclaimed biography of Sand is now available in English.
Born Mary Stevenson Cassatt in Allegheny C…. Sand, George (1804–1876)French author of over 100 novels, plays, and essays who gained literary fame during her lifetime and infamy for her unconventional lifestyle. Name variations: Amandine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin; Mme Dudevant. Born Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin in Paris, France, on July 1, 1804 ...
George Sand: A Woman’s Life Writ Large. Kopf. New York: 2000 This biography sheds light on Sand’s inner life. Jack pays particular attention to her childhood. Jack discusses not only what Sand’s work reveals about her actual experience, but how Sand used her writing as a form of self- exploration. Andre Maurois: Lelia: The Life of George ...