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The author of classic novels including Indiana and Lélia, George Sand is perhaps better known for her unconventional life. Belinda Jack unravels the many facets of this writer who counted among her friends and lovers everyone from Chopin and Liszt to Dostoyevsky and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Sand defied convention by writing novels; but the fact that she was a cigar-smoking cross-dresser who took male and female lovers, declared marriage "barbarous," and championed socialism made her a legend. Allowing Sand's voice to be heard, but wise enough to question it, Jack presents a riveting study of a woman raised by her aristocratic grandmother and her prostitute mother, and whose life and work were forever fueled by rival worlds.
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Geoffrey Stone
reviewed George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large on November 25, 2018
George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large
Sand (aka the Baroness Aurore Dudevant) came from mixed aristocratic blood and working class blood, and cross-class relationships figure into both her life and her writing. She was hugely prolific, full of contradictions and had many famous lovers and friends, from musicians Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin to author Gustave Flaubert and artist Eugene Delacroix. This biography was well told and kept me turning the pages. My only criticism is that it seemed some sections of the book and of Sand's life were rushed - 7 years with Chopin pass in just a few pages, for instance. Overall, though, I enjoyed it and would recommend it to those who like French literature, strong women or just generally enjoy well-written biographies.
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