The Marquis de Villemer

George Sand

Nov 2021 · Good Press

About this ebook

'The Marquis de Villemer' is a novel written by George Sand, one of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s. Though the book is entitled The Marquis de Villemer, it is primarily told from the perspective of the Marchioness, Caroline, who was the daughter of a gentleman of Lower Brittany, settled in the neighborhood of Blois, and of a Mlle de Grajac, a native of Velay. Caroline hardly knew her mother. Madame de Saint-Geneix died the third year of her marriage after giving birth to Camille, having exacted a promise from Justine Lanion to spend several years with the motherless children.

About the author

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil; 1 July 1804 - 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist, and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era, with more than 70 novels to her credit and 50 volumes of various works including novels, tales, plays and political texts. Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand stood up for women, advocated passion, castigated marriage and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society.