Indiana by George Sand (Book Analysis) E-Book

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Indiana by George Sand, an exploration of a young woman’s decline as she searches for an escape from her loveless marriage through an affair with an eloquent nobleman. George Sand, the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a French novelist and memoirist who is known not only for her writings, but also for her scandalous affairs with a number of artists of her time and her rebellion against traditional gender roles.

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George Sand

French novelist

Born in Paris in 1804.Died in Nohant in 1876.Notable works:Indiana (1832), novelThe Devil’s Pool (1846), novelFanchon, the Cricket (1849), novel

George Sand, real name Aurore Dupin, was born in 1804 and died in 1876. She was raised by her grandmother in Nohant (Indre, central France), an area which she was greatly attached to, as can be seen from the fact that it often serves as the setting of her works. She married Casimir Dudevant in 1822, but she quickly separated from him in order to lead her own life. In her private life she was involved with a range of famous men and women, including Prosper Mérimée (French writer, 1803-1870), Alfred de Musset (French writer, 1810-1857) Frédéric Chopin (Polish pianist and composer, 1810-1857) and Marie Dorval (French actress, 1798-1849).

Sand is the author of a wide variety of different works, having written novels, short stories, tales, plays, autobiographies, literary criticism and even several political essays. Her novels are a rallying cry for women’s rights and advocate for a classless, peaceful world. Her most famous works are Indiana, The Devil’s Pool and Fanchon, the Cricket.

Indiana

Society’s dismissal of women

Genre: novelReference edition: Sand, G. (2008) Indiana. Trans. Raphael, S. Oxford: Oxford University Press.1st edition: 1832Themes: marriage, women’s lives, boredom, adultery, honour, seduction, decline

Indiana was the first novel published under the name George Sand, and has enjoyed tremendous success.

Indiana is a young Creole woman from a noble family. She is forced to marry Colonel Delmare, a cruel, much older man. One miserable day blurs into the next at Lagny, their home, where Indiana lives with Noun, her chambermaid and only friend, and her cousin Ralph, who has been rendered taciturn by a life of hardship. One day, Indiana meets Raymon de Ramière, a flighty, seductive young nobleman in whom she sees a means of escape, but who actually leads her to her doom.

Summary

Part One

Chapters 1-3

Colonel Delmare, a retired officer and the husband of Indiana, a profoundly unhappy young woman, shoots at a young man he finds on his estate, having taken him for a robber. However, he turns out to be a young noble who has come to visit his mistress Noun, Indiana’s chambermaid and adopted sister. Madame Delmare takes care of the young man.

Chapters 4-6