George Sand

A Woman's Life Writ Large

By Belinda Jack | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book


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.

Editions of George Sand

Hardcover
ISBN 9780701166472
Paperback
ISBN 9780679779186
Paperback
ISBN 9780099285656
AltFormat
ISBN 9780679455011
EBook
ISBN 9780307814661

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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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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.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in George Sand?

Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Biography: general > Biography: writers

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book George Sand?

Belinda Jack

Who is the Publisher of the book George Sand?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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George Sand is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780701166472) and paperback(ISBN 9780679779186) and paperback(ISBN 9780099285656) and altformat(ISBN 9780679455011) and ebook(ISBN 9780307814661)

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