George Sand

An astonishingly modern novel, George Sand’s Valvèdre questions traditional Romantic representations of women and exposes the disastrous consequences such notions of femininity have for both male and female characters at a time when divorce was illegal. This first English translation by Françoise Massardier-Kenney shows Sand’s control of style and her understanding of the major tensions of early modern France: the role of women in society, the nature of motherhood, the relations between science and art, and the nature of prejudice.

Tamaris by George Sand

Francia; Un bienfait n'est jamais perdu by George Sand

George Sand was a French novelist and memoirist. In addition, Sand authored literary criticism and political texts. She wrote many essays and published works establishing her socialist position. Because of her early life, she sided with the poor and working class. When the 1848 Revolution began, women had no rights and Sand believed these were necessary for progress. Around this time Sand started her own newspaper which was published in a workers' co-operative. This allowed her to publish more political essays. She wrote "I cannot believe in any republic that starts a revolution by killing its own proletariat." Her most widely used quote is "There is only one kind of happiness in life, to love and be loved." She was known well in far reaches of the world, and her social practices, her writings and her beliefs prompted much commentary, often by other luminaries in the world of arts and letters.

Diese Ausgabe der Werke von George Sand wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Dieses eBook ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert. George Sand (1804-1876) war eine französische Schriftstellerin, die neben Romanen auch zahlreiche gesellschaftskritische Beiträge veröffentlichte. Sie setzte sich durch ihre Lebensweise und mit ihren Werken sowohl für feministische als auch für sozialkritische Ziele ein. So rebellierte sie beispielsweise gegen die Beschränkungen, die den Frauen im 19. Jahrhundert durch die Ehe als Institution auferlegt waren, und forderte an anderer Stelle die gleichberechtigte Teilhabe aller Klassen an gesellschaftlichen Gütern ein. Inhalt: Die kleine Fadette Indiana Lelia Isidora Teverino Der Teufelssumpf Die Marquise Franz der Champi Lavinia Pauline Kora Geschichte meines Lebens (Autobiografie) Madame George Sand über Mozart George Sand und ihre Kinder Wie George Sand jetzt lebt George Sand als Rednerin Briefe an George Sand (Gustave Flaubert)"

Simon by George Sand

Pauline est une nouvelle de George Sand paru en 1839 chez Calmann-Lévy (Paris). Extrait | Elle resta donc immobile et muette à la regarder , mais, comme si sa présence se fût révélée à Pauline par un mouvement instinctif du cœur, celle-ci se tourna tout à coup vers elle et la regarda fixement sans dire un mot et sans changer de visage. — Pauline ! ne me reconnais-tu pas ? s'écria l'étrangère , as-tu oublié la figure de Laurence ? Alors Pauline jeta un cri, se leva, et retomba sans force sur un siége. Laurence était déjà dans ses bras, et toutes deux pleuraient...|

Les Nouvelles Lettres d'un voyageur sont parues en 1877 apres la mort de George Sand. Avec cette édition posthume, la voyageuse George Sand termine son exploration passionnée du monde.

Lucrezia Floriani, a worldly 30-year-old actress and the mother of 4 children with 3 different fathers, meets and falls in love with Prince Karol, a moody, introspective aristocrat.

This novel reverses the Abbe Prevost's Manon Lescaut and gives Manon's helplessly amoral character to a man, Leoni. Juliette, the girl he seduces, becomes the exponent of undying, endless, forgiving love. The setting is the demimonde of Venice, and the is thick with sinister figures whose influence drags the miserable lovers down.

La Comtesse de Rudolstadt est un roman de George Sand paru en 1843, suite du roman Consuelo. Extrait |...La salle de l'Opéra italien de Berlin, bâtie durant les premières années du règne de Frédéric le Grand, était alors une des plus belles de l'Europe. L'entrée en était gratuite, le spectacle étant payé par le roi. Il fallait néanmoins des billets pour y être admis, car toutes les loges avaient leur destination fixe : ici les princes et princesses de la famille royale , là le corps diplomatique, puis les voyageurs illustres, puis l'Académie, ailleurs les généraux , enfin partout la famille du roi, la maison du roi, les salariés du roi, les protégés du roi , et sans qu'on eût lieu de s'en plaindre, puisque c'étaient le théâtre du roi et les comédiens du roi...| |Source Wikipédia|

Jean Ziska by George Sand

Horace by George Sand

Elle et lui by George Sand

It was the writing guy who drew this story out of Captain Shreve. He talked so much I think the Old Man spun the yarn just to shut him up. He had talked ever since his arrival on board, early that morning, with a letter from the owners' agent, and the announcement he intended making the voyage with us. He had weak lungs, he said, and was in search of mild, tropical breezes. Also, he was seeking local color, and whatever information he could pick up about "King" Waldon.He had heard of the death of "King" Waldon, down in Samoa—Waldon, the trader, of the vanishing race of island adventurers—and he expected to travel about the south seas investigating the "king's" past, so he could write a book about the old viking. He had heard that Captain Shreve had known Waldon. Hence, he was honoring a cargo carrier with his presence instead of taking his ease upon a mail-boat.Captain Shreve must tell him all he knew about the "king." He was intensely interested in the subject. Splendid material, you know. That romantic legend of Waldon's arrival in the islands—too good to be true, and certainly too good not to put into a book. Was Captain Shreve familiar with the tale? How this fellow, Waldon, sailed into a Samoan harbor in an open boat, his only companion his beautiful young wife? Imagine—this man and woman coming from nowhere, sailing in from the open sea in a small boat, never telling whence they came!He said this was the stuff to go into his book. Romance, mystery! It was quite as important as the later and better known incidents in the "king's" life. That was why Captain Shreve must tell him all he knew about the fellow. If he could only get at the beginning of the "king's" career in the islands. Where did the fellow come from? Why should a man bring his bride into an uncivilized and lawless section of the world, and settle down for life? There must be a story in that. Ah, yes, and he was the man who could properly do it.

"The Talisman" is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It was published in 1825 as the second of his "Tales of the Crusaders", the first being "The Betrothed". "The Talisman" takes place at the end of the Third Crusade, mostly in the camp of the Crusaders in Palestine. Scheming and partisan politics, as well as the illness of King Richard the Lionheart, are placing the Crusade in danger. The main characters are the Scottish knight Kenneth, who is a fictional character version of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, who did in fact return from the third Crusade in 1190, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and Edith

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Guy Holland had gone to South Africa to make his fortune, so that he could marry his sweetheart. He didn't make a fortune, but he came back home because he has had a vision that his uncle was dead, and when Guy arrived home he found out that the uncle was in fact dead. The will said that Guy would inherit everything if he could recover a certain ruby ring that had been obtained from his uncle by trickery of a certain actress, within three months of his uncle's death. However, since it passed several weeks after his uncle's death, now Guy has only a few days left, and it seems that few others are trying to get their hands on the jewel too.

One Way Out by William Carleton

The Store Boy by Jr. Horatio Alger

Every normal boy loves a motor-boat, but words fail to express his enthusiasm when that boat is also a racer. Behind the events recorded in this story are certain facts, so that the tale is largely true. The author will be glad if the account of life in the open, the adventures and fortunes, good or ill, the contests and exciting experiences interest his readers even partly as much as they did the boys who shared in the actual occurrences.

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