George Sand

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George Sand was a French novelist

Jul 1, 1804

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: July 1, 1804
  • Died on: June 8, 1876
  • Nationality: French
  • Famous: Feminists, Writers, Novelists
  • City/State: Paris
  • Gender: Female
  • Sun Sign: Cancer

She tied the nuptial knot with Baron Casimir Dudevant in 1822. Casimir was the illegitimate son of Baron Jean-Francois Dedevant. With Casimir, she had two children, Maurice and Solange.

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Personal Life

For a brief period , she developed a romantic relationship with Aurelien de Se-ze. Without caring about her husband and children, she went to Paris in search of love and independence.

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Personal Life

There she developed relationship with Jules Sandeau, a writer. When she got tired of Sandeau's lazy nature and jealousy towards her, she ended this relationship.

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Personal Life

Born as Armandine Aurore Lucille Dupin in Paris, France, she was the daughter of Maurice Dupin, a soldier and Sophie Delaborde. Her father was the grandson of Maurice,Comte de Saxe, the illegitimate son of King of Poland. Her mother was a commoner.

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Childhood & Early Life

Armandine lost her father at the age of four. After that, along with her mother and grandmother, she shifted to Nohant where her grandmother owned an estate.

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Childhood & Early Life

She attended the convent of the Dames Augustines Anglaises in Paris in 1817. Later, she left the convent and returned to her home at Nohant. At home, she spent time by studying various aspects of nature and practiced medicines on the peasants.

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Childhood & Early Life

She also studied the works of the philosophers of different eras. During this time, she was influenced by the literary creations of Francois Rene Chateaubriand, a French writer.

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Childhood & Early Life

After the death of her grandmother, she became the owner of her grandmother's estate at Nohant. In January 1831, she went to Paris to establish her own identity and to find true love.

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Career

After reaching Paris, she used to earn her livelihood by writing articles. At that time, she became acquainted with a number of writers there. She has affairs with various writers, such as, Jules Sandeau, Prosper Merimee, Alfred de Musset and others.

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Career

There she met Henri de Latouche who acted as her mentor. As the director of ‘Le Figaro’, he accepted some of her writings that she wrote with Jules Sandeau under the pseudonym Jules Sand.

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Career

In 1831, her novel “Rose et Blanche” was published . This was her first published novel and it was her combined effort with Jules Sandeau.

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Career

In 1832, her first independent novel ‘Indiana’ was published, which she wrote under her famous pseudonym George Sand. She adopted this pseudonym for her subsequent novels too.

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Career

She published her first independent novel ‘Indiana’ under the pseudonym George Sand in April 1832. This novel represents an interesting description of the social life of the women of nineteenth century.

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Major Works

Her novel ‘Valentine’ presents the love story between two persons belonging to different economic background. It describes the story of a lady from an aristocratic family and her love with a peasant .

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Major Works

She published ‘Jacques’ in 1833. This novel unfolds the story of a retired soldier and his young bride. Through this novel Sand for the first time dealt with the issues of a male character who is a protagonist of this novel.

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Major Works