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Indiana , George Sand

Indiana , George Sand. Life of George Sand Literary and historical context. George Sand. 1804: birth of Aurore Dupin Married at 18 to the Baron Casimir Dudevant , an unhappy marriage 1831: separates from her husband and goes to Paris

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Indiana , George Sand

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  1. Indiana, George Sand Life of George Sand Literary and historical context

  2. George Sand • 1804: birth of AuroreDupin • Married at 18 to the Baron CasimirDudevant, an unhappy marriage • 1831: separates from her husband and goes to Paris • 1832: publication of Indiana under the name of George Sand. It is a huge success • 3 different portrayals of Sand: the femme fatale, the benevolent old lady of Nohant, the socialist

  3. Historical overview • 1804-1814: Napoleon’s Empire • 1815-1824: reign of Louis XVIII • 1824-1830: reign of Charles X • 27, 28, 29 July 1830: les 3 Glorieuses • 1830-1848: reign of Louis-Philippe I (change from the de Bourbon to the d’Orléans line)

  4. Romanticism • Quest for meaning after the Revolution • Mal du siècle • Nostalgia for the past • Spiritual longing • Melancholy • Obsession with love and death

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