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The George Sand: Gustave Flaubert Letters (English and French Edition) by [translated by Aimee L. McKenzie]; with an introd. by Stuart Sherman is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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"A historical and literary event to celebrate: the first-ever complete edition of the lively, intimate, and illuminating correspondence between two of the nineteenth century's greatest writers and personalities." "It was nearly by accident that the correspondence - and the friendship - between Gustave Flaubert and George Sand began. Following the sensational scandal caused by the publication of his Madame Bovary in 1857, Flaubert's Salammbo was accorded a generally cool critical reception; George Sand, however - then at the height of her reputation as both a novelist and a playwright - championed the book in a review. The letter a grateful Flaubert sent her in thanks initiated thirteen years of steadily deepening affection - and ongoing epistolary conversation - between the two that has evolved, over the course of more than a century, into the stuff of literary legend. Despite the difference in their ages - Sand was a generation older than Flaubert, and had a son his age - they shared a remarkable affinity. "I don't think," wrote Sand, "there can be two workers in the world more different from one another than we are. But as we're so fond of each other it doesn't matter . . . We ne

Author

[translated by Aimee L. McKenzie]; with an introd. by Stuart Sherman

Publisher

Academy Chicago Ltd.; Brand: Academy Chicago Pub; Academy Chicago Pub

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780915864522

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Memoir