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George Sand: A Biography

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This is a biography of a woman writer who's real name was Aurore Dupin, who lived in Paris in the 19th century -- Since Amazon didn't provide an editorial review, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "Hailed in her lifetime as the first female genius of any country or age -- even while condemned as the pipe-smoking, pants-wearing mistress of Frederic Chopin, Alfred de Musset, and numerous others -- George Sand, born Aurore Dupin, both captivated and scandalized nineteenth-century Paris. Foreshadowing the women's movement by more than a century, she shook the foundations of European literature and culture with her consuming desire to discover her identity through her art. A provacative, daring and truly gifted writer, George Sand emerges as large as life in this splendidly realized, lusty biography -- an insightful narrative as romantic, as intense, as meomentous as the life that inspired it."

I am a history major and came across this woman while studying French modern history and she so intrigued me that I read her biography, which is absolutely fascinating and truly engaging. I read this book about 3 years ago but George Sand has stayed with me, though she has been dead for centuries her fiery nature has been reincarnated in her biography. If you like strong women who are true feminists without bothering with the crusade or the label this is the book/woman for you.