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The dream lover : a novel

Berg, Elizabeth. (Author).

Summary: "George Sand was a 19th century French novelist known not only for her novels but even more for her scandalous behavior. After leaving her estranged husband, Sand moved to Paris where she wrote, wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and had love affairs with famous men and an actress named Marie. In an era of incredible artistic talent, Sand was the most famous female writer of her time. Her lovers and friends included Frederic Chopin, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Liszt, Eugene Delacroix, Victor Hugo, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more. In a major departure, Elizabeth Berg has created a gorgeous novel about the life of George Sand, written in luminous prose, with exquisite insight into the heart and mind of a woman who was considered the most passionate and gifted genius of her time"--

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  • ISBN: 9780679644705
  • ISBN: 0679644709
  • ISBN: 9780812993158
  • ISBN: 0812993152
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2014]

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Subject: Sand, George -- 1804-1876 -- Fiction
FICTION / Historical
FICTION / Literary
FICTION / Biographical
Sand, George -- 1804-1876
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.

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Summary: "George Sand was a 19th century French novelist known not only for her novels but even more for her scandalous behavior. After leaving her estranged husband, Sand moved to Paris where she wrote, wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and had love affairs with famous men and an actress named Marie. In an era of incredible artistic talent, Sand was the most famous female writer of her time. Her lovers and friends included Frederic Chopin, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Liszt, Eugene Delacroix, Victor Hugo, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more. In a major departure, Elizabeth Berg has created a gorgeous novel about the life of George Sand, written in luminous prose, with exquisite insight into the heart and mind of a woman who was considered the most passionate and gifted genius of her time"--
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