The story of George Sand

George Sand:

Who is George Sand ?

George Sand was born on the 1st 1804 of July in Paris, France and died on the 8th 1876 of June. Her real name is Amandine Aurore Lucile Monpin.

She was called George Sand because she could have been discriminated, in those days if you were a women and wanted to publish books it would have been impossible.

How was she known ?

She was known by her first few novels for example, Indiana, she was also famous for her boldness because of her nickname which is a boy's name. She inspired other women to follow her steps.

Her love life :

Her lover was Alfred de Musset but he was ill so she cheated on him with his doctor.

They broke up but he still loved her so he tried to get her back, but she refused so they corresponded by letters.

She stayed with the doctor.

Her life :

She was a women, so there was a lot of critics from Charles Beaudelaire or Barbey d'Aurevilly... She was friends with Victor Hugo by epistolary correspondence but they have never seen each other before.

With her men clothes, and her behaviour that was like a man's behaviour, she caused scandal in France.

She took the defence of women and fought against the prejudices, she avoided marriage.

Her books :

In total, she wrote 199 books, here are some of the titles :

- Lélia

-Les Maîtres Sonneurs

-La Mare Au Diable

-Histoire De Ma Vie

-Consuelo

-Un Hiver à Majorque

-Mauprat

There was more than one book for « Histoire De Ma Vie ».

Thank you so much for reading and goodbye !

By Bethany Brown and Nina Valada .