Letters of George Sand, Vol. I (in Three Volumes) - Softcover

Sand, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605206113 ISBN 13: 9781605206110

Verlag: Cosimo Classics, 2009

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"What a brave man she was," said novelist Ivan Turgenev, "and what a good woman." French writer and feminist Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, aka GEORGE SAND (1804-1876), smoked in public and dressed like a man, carried on scandalous romantic affairs and was an intimate of Chopin and Flaubert...and wrote some of the most intriguing works of 19th-century French literature: novels, plays, autobiographies, literary criticism, and political treatises. This three-volume 1886 collection of her correspondence sheds light on her personality, morality, and ideas on religion, all of which molded the philosophies on women's sexuality and women's freedom that she is famous for today, and aids a deeper understanding of her work and her place in the history of feminism. Volume I begins with a detailed biographical sketch and features the letters of the eight-year-old Mademoiselle Aurore, the young woman she was to become, and the mature artist we remember her as. From her early literary endeavors to the secrets of her cultured society and the friendships and work she was engaged in to her early notoriety in the 1840s, which appears to have bothered her not one whit, this is a fascinating look at the shaping of a woman who would shape Western society at large.

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Gustave Flaubert French novelist Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is regarded as one of the finest authors in Western literature. He was born and spent a lot of his early years in Rouen, France. He attended law school in France but decided to focus on writing instead. In addition, Flaubert is renowned for his rigorous writing style. He is noted for always striving for ""le mot juste,"" or ""the correct phrase,"" in all of his writing. ""Salammbô,"" ""Sentimental Education,"" and ""Bouvard and Pécuchet"" are a few of his other works. George Sand The pen name of French author Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was George Sand (1804-1876). She was born in Paris, although she spent her formative years in the countryside before relocating to Paris, where she rose to prominence in the literary and artistic worlds. Sand is renowned for leading an unorthodox lifestyle that includes dressing like a man, smoking cigars, and engaging in a number of affairs. Women's rights and issues of social justice were frequent topics in her work. Her best-known pieces are ""Consuelo,"" ""Indiana,"" and ""Lélia.""

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• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1605206113
• ISBN 13: 9781605206110
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432
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