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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…
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Maybe you don't know George Sand.
You should meet her. She is a great woman. She is even the chapter four of my book written in French about 5 inspirational Parisian women.
Unfortunately my book is not translated in English yet. So in the meantime, don't miss this biography of George Sand, famous French writer from Romantic era who took a male nom de plume.
George Sand inspired Charlotte Brontë, she was lover and muse of Chopin and Alfred de Musset.
In the rigid 19th century she did not care to have younger lovers, to wear trousers, when it was…
From Edith's list on French women according to a French woman.
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