George Sand

French novelist and memoirist (1804-1876) · France · Writers · Died at 71

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A woman who wore men's clothes, wrote under a man's name, and outsold Hugo and Balzac in 1840s Britain - then filled 70 novels and 50 more volumes with arguments against marriage and calls for women's rights that scandalized the whole of conservative France.

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A life in dates

1876Died8 June 18761875“What is it that you think about, Sleeping Beauty, as you ride along the country lanes on that skinny mare of yours? And not so much of a beauty either, come to think of it.”In their wordsbeginning of Marianne (1875)Read the whole statement

“Here I am, worried and anxious; there she is, serenity incarnate. How can she appear before me like a human reproach? Like an ironic comment on my own life.”In their wordsMarianne (1875) chapter VIRead the whole statement

1861“one should always judge youth leniently. Certainly it would be unfair to pass dogmatic judgment upon what is spontaneous and consequently naïve.”In their wordsPreface to The Marquise & Pauline (1861)Read the whole statement

1839“Three years ago in Saint-Front, an ugly little town that you won't find on any map, something happened that caused quite a stir.”In their wordsPauline (1839)Read the whole statement

“Laurence did what all predestined artists do: she suffered through all the misery, all the agony of unrecognized, unappreciated talent. (I)”In their wordsPauline (1839)Read the whole statement

“It would be a serious mistake to assume that provincial prejudices are difficult to overcome.”In their wordsPauline (1839)Read the whole statement

1804Born1 July 1804

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What is it that you think about, Sleeping Beauty, as you ride along the country lanes on that skinny mare of yours? And not so much of a beauty either, come to think of it.
1875, beginning of Marianne (1875), Own words
Here I am, worried and anxious; there she is, serenity incarnate. How can she appear before me like a human reproach? Like an ironic comment on my own life.
1875, Marianne (1875) chapter VI, Own words
The author of these novellas has never had a system as to the priority of one sex over the other.
1861, Preface to The Marquise & Pauline (1861) translated into English by Sylvie Charron and Sue Huseman (1999), Own words

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Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil was born 1 July 1804 and grew up admiring her great-grandmother Louise Dupin, an earlier advocate for women. She took the pen name George Sand and by the 1830s had become one of the most recognized writers of the European Romantic era, more renowned in Britain than Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac. Across 70 novels plus over 50 volumes of tales, plays, political texts, and memoirs she criticized marriage, championed passion and women's rights, and fought the prejudices around her. Her turbulent love life and her choice to dress in masculine clothing made her a scandal. She died 8 June 1876.

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