The Marquise and Pauline

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Two Novellas

By George Sand

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The Marquise and Pauline by George Sand challenges 19th-century libertine traditions by featuring the Marquise as the narrator, granting her agency and control over the story. The novel deconstructs the archetype of the seducer through Lelio, the hero, who becomes the object of the Marquise's desire. The two female protagonists, Pauline and Laurence, embody contrasting female roles of the era: Pauline is confined by bourgeois societal norms, while Laurence, an actress and intellectual, enjoys financial and emotional independence.
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This novel will appeal to readers interested in classic literature, feminist perspectives, and societal roles in 19th-century Europe. Those who appreciate character-driven narratives exploring female autonomy and critique of social conventions may find this book especially engaging.

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In The Marquise, George Sand reacts against the tradition of the libertine novels of the 19th century by making the Marquise the narrator of the story, thus giving her control of the action. Sand deconstructs the myth of the seducer by making Lelio, the hero, the subject of the Marquise's desire.

Pauline's two female protagonists represent diametrically opposed 19th-century female roles. Pauline is trapped by the bourgeois strictures of the time, while her friend, Laurence, an actress and intellectual, is independent both financially and emotionally.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780897334495

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 August 2005

Country: United States

Imprint: Academy Chicago Publishers

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Charron Sylvie
Translated by Sue Huseman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 303g

Pages: 200

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Fiction General Fiction George Sand Literary Fiction

About the Author

George Sand is the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, a 19th century French novelist and memoirist. Sand is best known for her novels Indiana, Lelia, and Consuelo, and for her memoir A Winter in Majorca, in which she reflects on her time on the island with Chopin in 1838-39. A champion of the poor and working classes, Sand was an early socialist who published her own newspaper using a workers' co-operative and scorned gender conventions by wearing men's clothing and smoking tobacco in public. George Sand died in France in 1876.