by George Sand · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070368921
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«La mare au diable» is the pastoral novel by George Sand published by Gallimard in paperback (244 pages, in French).
Set in the Berry countryside, the novel follows Germain, a widowed ploughman who sets out on a journey to find a woman to help raise his children. Along the way he meets the young Marie, and a serene affection grows between them, while the narrative portrays French peasant life on the brink of transformation by industrialisation.
The novel was originally published in 1846. This Gallimard edition belongs to the Folio classique collection and includes a preface and notes by Léon Cellier.
For readers interested in nineteenth-century French classics and portrayals of peasant life.
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She has more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels.
