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    The Devil's Pool
    The Devil's Pool
    The Devil's Pool
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    The Devil's Pool

    By George Sand and George Burnham Ives

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJun 1, 1976
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    George Sand

    George Sand (1804-1876), born Armandine Aurore Lucille Dupin, was a French novelist who was active during Europe’s Romantic era. Raised by her grandmother, Sand spent her childhood studying nature and philosophy. Her early literary projects were collaborations with Jules Sandeau, who co-wrote articles they jointly signed as J. Sand. When making her solo debut, Armandine adopted the pen name George Sand, to appear on her work. Her first novel, Indiana was published in 1832, followed by Valentine and Jacques. During her career, Sand was considered one of the most popular writers of her time.

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    • 3/5
      Decided to try this French novella off the 1001 books to read before you die list. It was just ok. It's a simple story about a widowed farmer who finds love with a poor girl in his village. Sand begins by describing a Holbein painting of peasant and farming life and transitions into this tale of the working/lower classes. I didn't find it particularly memorable. Likely I'd need to understand more about how it fits into French literature as a whole to get more out of it. Original publication date: 1846Author’s nationality: FrenchOriginal language: FrenchLength: 109 pagesRating: 2.5 starsFormat/where I acquired the book: purchased used paperbackWhy I read this: off the shelf, 1001 books
    • 2/5
      This edition doesn't have page numbers!
    • 3/5
      Part of the 1001 list to read before you die. I enjoyed this story about a widowed man falling in love with a young girl instead of the woman he is supposed to be set up to marry. The story flowed easily and I liked all the characters. Ending was great because it was happy and I was expecting something sad or gloomy.
    • 3/5
      This book has been stopping up the works around here. I read it, I digested it, I had thoughts about it, but for some reason I haven't felt quite prepared or qualified or informed enough to just comment on it and get on with life. I think it's because I have this image of George Sand, this just ass-kicking supergenius female from the intimidating past, leaning over my shoulder, saying, "Don't you GET IT you moron? It wasn't just about cabbages and true love. It was about so! much! more!" The truth is, unfortunately, that unless the imaginary spectre of George Sand wants to clue me in, I'm not sure what else is here besides the cabbages. And the true love. Well, there's the prologue. The prologue, which addresses the reader directly, is about how noble and wise the peasants of rural France are (were) and how their lack of intellect or ability to understand their circumstances doesn't interfere with their feeling of important feelings, and experiencing of deep emotion. Isn't that nice? Those sweet, precious peasants and their silly dumb heads. Sand takes the prologue to rhapsodize about them and how cute they are, with their toil and whatnot, and then tells a pretty story about them falling (without consciousness) in love with each other. Finally, she takes a few more pages (a lot more pages) to just unapologetically savor the peasants' cute rituals. Marriage rituals. The truth is, I really liked the book, up until the plot quit and the "I miss the cute peasants I used to look down on in my youth" themes came to the fore. I expected something raunchy, loud, scathing, or at least edgy. This is not that. It's a sweet love story, flavored with a lot of local color. So George Sand was a surprise, for this postfeminist. I'm not sure I'd love to read another of her books, but I'm glad I finally found out what she was really writing, under all that scandal and wild living.

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