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1 online resource |
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Vendor-supplied metadata. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 "My Heart Is a Grave"; Chapter 2 "The Dream of the Simple, the Good, the True"; Chapter 3 "Always, We Are Ruled by Weaker Minds"; Chapter 4 "As Pure as Gold"; Chapter 5 "Engraving Is a Serious Art"; Chapter 6 "I Prefer to Keep Pressing Forward"; Chapter 7 "We All Have Our Secrets"; Chapter 8 "This Wild and Unpredictable Nature"; Chapter 9 "I Am No Madame de Staël"; Chapter 10 "Let's Help One Another Not to Despair"; Chapter 11 "This Mother Hen Instinct"; Chapter 12 "My Dear Child, They Have Killed You"; Chapter 13 "Italia, Italia!" |
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Chapter 14 "My Soul Has Grown Old and Weary"Chapter 15 "Manceau Owns a House!"; Chapter 16 "The True Story of She and Him "; Chapter 17 "Impersonality Has Saved Me"; Chapter 18 "I So Love My New Daughter"; Chapter 19 "Let Us Depart, My Old Friend, Let Us Leave"; Chapter 20 "Your Part Will Never Die"; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Endnotes; Selected Bibliography. |
| Summary |
George Sand is one the most celebrated writers and controversial personalities of nineteenth-century France; she is as famous for her bohemian lifestyle as for her written work. The Last Love of George Sand portrays the writer, political activist, and cultural figure as she starts a new chapter in her ever-surprising life: the mature years with her last lover, the young and talented engraver Alexandre Manceau. A turning point came for George Sand in 1849. After her political involvement in the revolution of 1848, Sand retreated to her country property, Nohant, with her son Maurice and started w. |
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Sand, George, 1804-1876 -- Relations with men.
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Manceau, Alexandre, 1817-1865 -- Relations with women.
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Manceau, Alexandre, 1817-1865. (OCoLC)fst00150438
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Sand, George, 1804-1876. (OCoLC)fst00027726
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Novelists, French -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Engravers -- France -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Engravers. (OCoLC)fst00912438
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Novelists, French. (OCoLC)fst01039731
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Relations with women. (OCoLC)fst01354410
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Title |
Dernier amour de George Sand. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bloch-Dano, Evelyne. Last Love of George Sand : A Literary Biography. New York : Arcade Publishing, ©2013 9781611457162 |
| ISBN |
9781628724998 (electronic bk.) |
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1628724994 (electronic bk.) |
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