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The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters (Dodo Press)
George Sand was the pseudonym of the French novelist and feminist Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant (1804 -1876). She was known well in far reaches of the world, and her social practices, her writings and her beliefs prompted much commentary, often by other luminaries in the world of arts and letters. Her first published novel, Rose et Blanche (1831) wa...more
Paperback, 480 pages
Published
July 13th 2007
by Dodo Press
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I first read these letters when they came out in 1993. I loved them then and enjoyed the rereading just as much. Sand lives in the midst of children and grandchildren. She writes and writes and writes and talks a lot about the expression of emotion. Flaubert lives largely on his own and sweats over every syllable. He mentions writing 73 pages of a novel and finally paring it down to three. Sand's various lovers always described her as scribbling away and she says not a word about editing. Sand e...more
These were truly wonderful!
Reading the correspondence of authors is usually guaranteed to be at least a little more interesting than reading the correspondence of the average joe simply in terms of literary merit and expression. The correspondence of Gustave Flaubert and George Sand has all that and a healthy dose of gossip, intrigue, and petty scandal: the two were involved in a close relationship that even survived Gustave Flaubert's general misanthrope status and often questionable opinions of women [for more on that, ...more
I read this over the course of a year a couple letters at a time. I found them inspiring, moving and human. Their warm respect and concern for each other countered there fundamental differences about art and life. Their arguments with each other were fascinating.
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Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, later Baroness (French:baronne) Dudevant (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pseudonym Georges Sand (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ sɑ̃d]), was a French novelist. She is considered by some a feminist although she refused to join this movement. She is regarded as the first French female novelist to gain a major reputation.
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“...Je n’ai pas cessé de l’être si c’est d’être jeune que d’aimer toujours !... L’humanité n’est pas un vain mot. Notre vie est faite d’amour, et ne plus aimer c’est ne plus vivre."
(I have never ceased to be young, if being young is always loving... Humanity is not a vain word. Our life is made of love, and to love no longer is to live no longer.)”
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(I have never ceased to be young, if being young is always loving... Humanity is not a vain word. Our life is made of love, and to love no longer is to live no longer.)”
