A chef d'oeuvre of that kind of quiet evolution of character through circumstance, introduced into English literature by Miss Austen, and carried to perfection in France by
George Sand (who is more to the point, because, like Mrs.
it would be indelicate" (in short, I launch off at that point into European, inexplicably lofty subtleties a la
George Sand), "but now, now you are mine, you are my creation, you are pure, you are good, you are my noble wife.
French and German works predominated, the old French dramatists, sundry modern authors, Thiers, Villemain, Paul de Kock,
George Sand, Eugene Sue; in German--Goethe, Schiller, Zschokke, Jean Paul Richter; in English there were works on Political Economy.
"'L'homme c'est rien--l'oeuvre c'est tout,' as Gustave Flaubert wrote to
George Sand."
George Sand ecrivain: 'Un grand fleuve d'Amerique'.
As a young man, Sandeau became the lover of Amandine-Aurore-Lucie Dudevant (later known as
George Sand) and worked with her on the novel Rose et Blanche (1831; "Red and White"), which was published under the pseudonym Jules Sand.
Schwartz, auteur de l'edition francaise du Secretaire intime (1991) aux Editions de l'Aurore nous presente maintenant la traduction en anglais de cette oeuvre de jeunesse de
George Sand qui parut dans Romans et nouvelles avec La Marquise, Metella et Lavinia (Paris: Bonnaire, 1834) 2 vols.
1804:
George Sand (Amandine Aurore Lucie Dudevant), French romantic novelist who adopted her masculine pseudonym for the novel Indiana, was born.
George Sand - French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)