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Article: What a woman; George Sand.(France remembers George Sand)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2004
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France remembers a prolific author
AS WRITERS go, few lives are as well known as that of George Sand. Cross-dresser, divorcee, writer under a man's name, lover of Alfred de Musset and Frederic Chopin: no wonder the interest in Sand's life has long been much greater than the attention given to her work.
However, as France remembers the bicentenary of her birth this summer with an exhibition at the Musee de la Vie Romantique in Paris, a music festival at her home in Nohant and more exhibits, conferences, plays and concerts throughout the year, Sand studies are moving on. It was Sand's writing, rather than her colourful ...