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Instead she loses herself in researching the life of novelist and "romantic rebel" as one biographer called her George Sand, whose many love affairs make her, in Maria's mind, a paragon of independence and physical self-fulfillment: "What would George do," she asks, "why was it easier for George?"
Trying to Keep Parallel Narratives on the Rails Sam Sacks 2011
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AMANTINE LUCILE AURORE DUPIN, now always known as George Sand, was the daughter of an officer of distinguished if irregular lineage, and a woman of a somewhat low type.
Biographical Note 1917
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As time went on, Pierre Leroux called George Sand's attention to the study of freemasonry.
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As time went on, Pierre Leroux called George Sand's attention to the study of freemasonry.
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“I have made the acquaintance of an important celebrity, Mme. Dudevant, well known as George Sand; but I do not like her face; there is something in it that repels me.”
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903
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As time went on, Pierre Leroux called George Sand's attention to the study of freemasonry.
George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Ren�� Doumic 1898
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Dudevant, commonly called George Sand (d. 1876), whose early writings are strongly tinged with the spirit of revolt against moral and social arrangements: later she devoted herself to studies of country life and manners, involving bold sketches of character and dramatic situations.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853
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Self-called George Sand! whose soul amid the lions
Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Margaret Fuller 1830
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Chasles chatted with everyone, frequently addressing his conversation to me, talking incessantly about the very men and women that I most cared to hear about, of those still living whom I most admired, such as George Sand, and Merimee, and, in fact, of all the many celebrities he had known.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth Brandes, George, 1842-1927 1906
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_Béatrix_, a book of more power, appeals chiefly to those who may be interested in the fact (which apparently _is_ the fact) that the book contains, almost more than any other, figures taken from real people, such as George Sand -- the
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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A.k.a. Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant.
December 7, 2010