Consuelo: Georges Sand

“Consuelo” is one of the best novels Georges Sand, a legendary French writer. Her way of life: the desire for independence, the assertion of a woman’s right to choose a lover, free manners, a male name as a pseudonym and a male suit – makes her the forerunner of feminism of the 20th century. The work of the writer, which caused the stormy delight of contemporaries, has become one of the most significant phenomena of European literature of the 19th century.
The story is based on the motives of the tragic clash of the artist and society, a difficult choice between a career, success and a quiet family bud. The prototype of the heroine of the novel was the famous French singer Polina Viardot, who was the muse of I. S. Turgenev.

Author
Sand Georges
Translator
Beketova Alexandra Andreevna
Publisher
ABC, 2015
Series
World classics