Delphi Collected Works of George Sand

by George Sand, Delphi Classics (Editor), George Burnham Yves (Translator)

One of the most notable novelists of the Romantic era, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, best known by her pen name George Sand, achieved fame for her ‘rustic’ novels, drawing inspiration from her lifelong love of the countryside and sympathy for the poor. The familiar theme of her work was love transcending the obstacles of convention and class, all set against the backdrop of her beloved Berry countryside. She was one of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the mid-nineteenth century. This comprehensive eBook presents Sand’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Sand’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* 24 novels, with individual contents tables
* Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Many translations are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Includes Sand’s correspondence with fellow author Gustave Flaubert
* Special criticism section, with four works evaluating Sand’s contribution to world literature
* Features two biographies – discover Sand’s literary life
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres



The Novels
Indiana (1832)
Valentine (1832)
Lavinia (1833)
Leone Leoni (1833)
Mauprat (1837)
The Last of the Aldinis (1837)
The Countess of Rudolstadt (1843)
Teverino (1845)
The Sin of M. Antoine (1845)
The Miller of Angibault (1845)
The Devil’s Pool (1846)
Francois the Waif (1847)
Fadette (1849)
The Bagpipers (1853)
The Gallant Lords of Bois-Doré (1857)
She and He (1859)
The Snow Man (1859)
Marquis de Villemer (1860)
The Germandre Family (1861)
Antonia (1863)
A Rolling Stone (1870)
Handsome Lawrence (1870)
Nanon (1872)
The Tower of Percemont (1876)

The Letters
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters (1921)

The Criticism
Dedication to ‘Letters of Two Brides’ (1840) by Honoré de Balzac
Obsèques de George Sand (1876) by Victor Hugo
George Sand (1877) by Henry James
George Sand (1902) by Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

The Biographies
Memoir of George Sand (1902) by J. Alfred Burgan
George Sand (1911) by Francis Storr

7468 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2022

About the author

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She wrote more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels.
Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand advocated for women's rights and passion, criticized the institution of marriage, and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. She was considered scandalous because of her turbulent love life, her adoption of masculine clothing, and her masculine pseudonym.

Reviews

[Janet Preece · Rating 5 out of 5]

As this is a collection of works, I have not read the whole book. However, I have finished the section which includes letters between George Sand and Gustav Flaubert in the late 1860s until George Sand's death in 1876. It is intriguing to read the correspondence between these 2 authors, which includes philosophical musings, commentary on French politics/conflicts , and personal matters. For anyone interested in either of these two notable figures of 19th century french literature, these letters are a must read.