Excerpt from Œuvres de George Lavinia, Metella, Mattea Je savais, Lionel, que mes lettres étaient par hasard entre vos mains dans ce moment, parce que Henry, mon cousin, m'a dit vous avoir vu a Bagneres et tenir de vous cette circonstance. Je suis bien aise que Henry, qui est un peu menteur, comme tous les bavards ne m'ait pas trompée. Je vous ai prié d'apporter vous - même le paquet à Saint - Sauveur parce que de tels messages ne doivent pas être légèrement exposés dans des montagnes infes tées de contrebandiers qui pillent tout ce qui leur tombe sous la main. Comme je vous sais homme à défendre vaillamment un dépôt, je ne puis pas être plus tranquille qu'en vous rendant vous - méme garant de celui qui m'in téresse. Je ne vous ai point offert d'entrevne, parce que j'ai craint de vous rendre encore plus désagréable la dé marche déjà pénible que je vous imposais. Mais puisque vous semblez attacher à cette entrevue une idée de re gret, je vous dois et je vous accorde de tout mon coeur ce faible dédommagement. En ce cas, comme je ne veux pas vous faire sacrifier un temps précieux à m'attendre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The novels Lélia (1833) and Consuelo (1842) among works, plays, and essays of French writer George Sand, pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, baroness Dudevant, concern the freedom and independence of women. People recognize this best known, most popular memoirist and journalist, more renowned in Europe in her lifetime than Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, People recognize Sand of the most notable writers of the Romantic era of Europe. People celebrated this controversial life, which oftentimes overshadowed her creative production. Known for its blend of romance and realism, her effortless spontaneity proliferated without sacrificing style and form. Sand stated the primary happiness in life in love and so focused on relationships in most of her novels as she tackled the complexities of politics, society, and gender. People best know Sand for bold statements about the rights in 19th-century society, her exploration of contemporary social and philosophical issues, and her depiction of the lives and language of provincials. Set of influences of each period of her literary career focused on specific themes. Her rustic perhaps truly represented her form as an author. Her first period reflected her rebellion against the bonds of marriage and deal largely with the relationships between men and women. English poet Lord Byron and French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau clearly influenced Sand with romantic novels, full of passionate personal revolt and ardent feminism, attitudes that went against societal conventions and outraged her early British and American critics. These extremely successful early Indiana , Lelia, and Jacques (1834) established Sand as an important literary voice for her generation. Pastorals, which depict rural scenes and peasant characters, form the last phase of her career. Her love of the French countryside and her sympathy with the peasants inspired La Mare au Diable (1846) and Francis the Waif (1847–1848), set in Berry. Gentle idealism distinguished these realistic pastorals in background detail; many critics finest considered them her finest. After her pastoral period, she continued until her death, but people remember few today. Unconventional life of George Sand in numerous ways: she fondly dressed in clothing of men to gain access to those parts of Paris, not decorous for ladies to go. She smoked in public to scandalize Parisian society. Lust affairs of Sand included high-profile relationships with the composer Frédéric François Chopin, the novelist Prosper Mérimée, and the poet and playwright Louis Charles Alfred de Musset.
