Following Flora Tristan, Brigitte Krulic delves back into 19th-century literature to offer a biography of a major literary figure, George Sand. Born Aurore Dupin de Francueil due to the near-total prohibition against women publishing books, George Sand was born in 1804 in Paris and died in 1876. She came from a diverse social background: aristocratic through her father and a modest merchant through her mother. Orphaned at a young age, she lived in the Indre region, in what remained her home in Nohant until the end of her life. Raised by family friends, she had an unhappy marriage. Her husband was often violent and humiliating. Independent and a feminist, she obtained a separation and left Nohant for a time, arriving in Paris in 1831, just after the July Revolution. She actively supported the revolutionaries while beginning to write as a journalist and, above all, as a novelist. She championed the right to a love life and the right for women to write. Her early texts were manifestos from the outset. After meeting one of the first socialists, Pierre Leroux, she became deeply involved in social issues, as evidenced by many of her works. She supported popular uprisings, such as the Canut revolt in Lyon in 1834, and published social works, including *Compagnon du tour de France* and *Mauprat*, a utopian vision describing a society where social classes had disappeared. Before 1848, she supported Louis Blanc and engaged in discussions with republicans. She returned to Paris shortly after the February Days, supporting the short-lived Social Republic that had just been established. However, their hopes were quickly dashed. George Sand withdrew once again to Nohant. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état put an end to her political aspirations. The end of her career was primarily literary and social. She vehemently condemned the Paris Commune.
Brigitte Krulic offers a synthesis that is as useful as it is enjoyable for understanding the intricacies of a complex thought and commitment.
George Sand
Brigitte Krulic
Gallimard 2026 336 p. EUR24
https://monde-libertaire.net/?articlen=8873
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Link: (en) France, Monde Libertaire - History Pages No. 117: George Sand (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
Source: A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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