François the Waif
$30.22
- Paperback
180 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2024
Summary
Although sadly neglected in English translation, George Sand was a monumentally important novelist of nineteenth-century France, and her works were better known in her day than those of Victor Hugo.
François the Waif (also translated as The Country Waif), considered by many to be her masterpiece, tells the tale of a young orphan who is placed in rural foster care. Presented in a fresh edit of the original English translation, and with helpful annotations, this editio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804471029 |
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| ISBN-10: | 180447102X |
| Author: | George Sand, Jane Minot Sedgwick |
| Publisher: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 180 |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 178g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Supremely beautiful.’ – Willa Cather
‘Simple, true, affecting.’ – Ivan Turgenev
George Sand
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, better known by her nom de plume George Sand (1804–76), was a French novelist and woman of letters. In her lifetime one of the most popular writers in Europe, her novels have been largely neglected in English translation, and she is perhaps best known today for the series of affairs she had with notable figures, including writers Prosper Mérimée and Alfred de Musset and the composer Frédéric Chopin. Sand’s insistence on wearing men’s clothes in public and her refusal to adhere to contemporary rules governing women’s conduct has led to a recent speculation on her gender identity and a resurgence of interest in her life and works.
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