β Wright, Aubrey
π Fiction
π
2019
π English
β 150 KB
π 1 views
β¦ LIBER β¦
The dream lover: a novel
β Scribed by Elizabeth Berg
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Ballantine Books
- Year
- 2015;2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Edition
- Ballantine Books trade paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0345533801
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg has written a lush historical novel based on the sensuous Parisian life of the nineteenth-century writer George Sand--which is perfect for readers of Nancy Horan and Elizabeth Gilbert.
At the beginning of this powerful novel, we meet Aurore Dupin as she is leaving her estranged husband, a loveless marriage, and her family's estate in the French countryside, to start a new life in Paris. There, she gives herself a new name--George Sand--and pursues her dream of becoming a writer, embracing an unconventional and even scandalous lifestyle.
Paris in the nineteenth-century comes vividly alive, illuminated by the story of the loves, passions, and fierce struggles of a woman who defied the confines of society. Sand's many lovers and friends include Frédéric Chopin, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Liszt, Eugène Delacroix, Victor Hugo, Marie Dorval, and Alfred de Musset. As Sand welcomes fame and...
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