Lettres d'une vie

by George Sand

1312 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2004

About the author

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She wrote more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels.
Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand advocated for women's rights and passion, criticized the institution of marriage, and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. She was considered scandalous because of her turbulent love life, her adoption of masculine clothing, and her masculine pseudonym.

Reviews

[reveurdart · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Les recoins de la France sont peu connus, et ils sont aussi beaux que ceux qu'on va chercher bien loin. J'y trouve des cadres pour mes romans. J'aime à avoir vu ce que je décris; cela simplifie les recherches, les études. N'eussé-je que trois mots à dire d'une localité, j'aime à me tromper le moins que je peux." (page 1130, lettre du 26 nov. 1869 à Louis Ulbach)