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George Sand

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"Je suis l’enfant de mon siècle ; j’ai subi ses maux, j’ai partagé ses erreurs, j’ai bu à toutes ses sources de vie et de mort". Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin (1804-1876), devenue George Sand en 1832, avec la publication d’Indiana, fut, dès l’enfance imprégnée des traditions et des légendes de son Berry natal. Observatrice attentive de son temps, elle fume la pipe, s’habille en homme, affiche ses convictions républicaines, est l’amante enflammée de Musset et de Chopin, en un mot fait scandale. Son oeuvre, de Consuelo à La Mare au diable, en passant par La Petite Fadette, culmine dans Histoire de ma vie, et fonde un genre littéraire : l’autobiographie au féminin. Amoureuse éperdue de la vie, George Sand écrit en 1831 à Sainte-Beuve : "Vivre ! Que c’est bon ! malgré les chagrins, les maris, l’ennui, les dettes, les parents, les cancans, malgré les poignantes douleurs".

384 pages, Paperback

First published February 26, 2013

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August 9, 2025
Après une visite au château de George Sand à Nohant, où j’ai acheté ce livre j’ai été très charmée par cette grande dame de la littérature française.
Cette biographie se lit en une foulée. Elle nous emmène dans le monde de Sand qui est passionnant: sa vie, ses amours, son combat politique et bien sûr son œuvre qui m’était inconnu. L’envie de lire quelques de ses innombrables est allumé. Merci à Martine Reid de m’avoir enthousiasmé pour George.
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567 reviews5 followers
December 28, 2024
A solid biography about George Sand. Ever since I read Indiana, I wanted to learn more about this fabled author because 19th century French literature did not treat female characters well. This was a relatively short biography, but it seemed to cover all the major moments and people in her life. It was organized thematically a larger chronological schema.
Not going to lie-- based on this book and my own interpretation of her life-- doesn't seem like she was a girl's girl. Which is unfortunate but all too common. I did find her political views fascinating and am looking forward to reading her pastoral works.
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December 23, 2018
Brief but packed with interesting information and very readable. I was a bit disappointed with what seemed to me only the bare minimum of information about her relationship with Chopin; I’d wanted to read more about it from Sand’s viewpoint, since in his excellent recently published biography of Chopin, Alan Walker presents more detail as a Chopin partisan. But I enjoyed this book and learned a lot.
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December 29, 2019
A very interesting book on George Sand-if anything the book is too short. I feel as if there was so much more that could have been said on the life and stories of Sand.
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