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- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
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The Devil’s Pool by George Sand, a 'rustic' novel which follows a young labourer on his quest for love. After the death of his wife, Germain is left with three young children and a gaping hole in his chest. The novel follows his journey to find a potential wife and, possibly, love.
The Devil’s Pool has stood the rest of time and is now Sand’s most popular work, having been translated into English seven times. 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), novelGeorge Sand, real name Aurore Dupin, was born in 1804 and died in 1876. She was raised by her grandmother in Nohant (Indre), an area which she was very 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 compositor, 1810-1857) and Marie Dorval (French actress, 1798-1849).
Sand is the author of a wide variety of different works, writing novels, short stories, tales, plays, autobiographies, literary criticism and even several political essays. Her novels aim to represent women everywhere and fight for a classless, peaceful world. Her most famous works are Indiana, The Devil’s Pool and Fanchon, the Cricket.
The Devil’s Pool
A complex novel
Genre: novelReference edition: Sand, G. (1901) The Devil’s Pool. Trans. Sedgwick, J. M. and Sedgwick, E. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1st edition: 1846Themes: country life, initiation, marriage, love, proprietyThe Devil’s Pool
