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George Sand, Walter D. Gray (Introduction), Thelma Jurgrau (Editor) 3.94. 739 ratings30 reviews. This book is more than the autobiography of an extraordinary woman. It is also the story of a century of French history as lived through the experiences and fates of three generations, the tumultuous history of the birth of modern France and the ...
Subjects. 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. Drawing on recent French and English ...
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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Mar 9, 2018 · George Sand’s Search for Spirituality. “Since no one was instructing me in religion, it occurred to me I needed one, and I made one for myself. ” – George Sand, History of My Life. George Sand (1804-1876) is known to modern readers as a symbol of feminism, a woman who challenged patriarchal values through her writings and her life.
by. George Sand, Sylvia Raphael (Translator), Naomi Schor (Introduction) 3.51 avg rating — 3,147 ratings — published 1832 — 283 editions. Want to Read.
George Sand. George Sand, orig. Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, (born July 1, 1804, Paris, France—died June 8, 1876, Nohant), French writer. During childhood she gained a love of the countryside that would inform most of her works. Married in 1822, she soon tired of her husband, Casimir Dudevant, and began a series of liaisons; her lovers ...
George Sand. Elizabeth Harlan. Yale University Press, Oct 1, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 400 pages. div. George Sand was the most famous—and most scandalous—woman in nineteenth-century France. As a writer, she was enormously prolific—she wrote more than ninety novels, thirty-five plays, and thousands of pages of autobiography.
