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A sequel to Consuelo, The Countess of Rudolstadt carries George Sand's singer-heroine from artistic apprenticeship into a labyrinth of dynastic intrigue, captivity, secret brotherhoods, and spiritual trial. Blending historical romance with Gothic suspense, philosophical dialogue, and operatic intensity, the novel situates eighteenth-century Europe as a stage on which questions of liberty, faith, gender, and social justice are dramatized. Its style is expansive, idealist, and richly melodramatic, characteristic of French Romantic fiction at its most intellectually ambitious. George Sand, the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, wrote from a life marked by independence, political sympathy for reform, and fascination with music, mysticism, and egalitarian thought. Her friendships with artists and radicals, and her own defiance of gender conventions, inform Consuelo's moral courage and the novel's recurrent interest in hidden communities seeking a more humane order. This book is recommended to readers who admire Romantic fiction that combines adventure with ideas. Those interested in women artists, utopian politics, secret societies, and the spiritual ambitions of nineteenth-century literature will find it a demanding but rewarding work.
A sequel to Consuelo, The Countess of Rudolstadt carries George Sand's singer-heroine from artistic apprenticeship into a labyrinth of dynastic intrigue, captivity, secret brotherhoods, and spiritual trial. Blending historical romance with Gothic suspense, philosophical dialogue, and operatic intensity, the novel situates eighteenth-century Europe as a stage on which questions of liberty, faith, gender, and social justice are dramatized. Its style is expansive, idealist, and richly melodramatic, characteristic of French Romantic fiction at its most intellectually ambitious. George Sand, the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, wrote from a life marked by independence, political sympathy for reform, and fascination with music, mysticism, and egalitarian thought. Her friendships with artists and radicals, and her own defiance of gender conventions, inform Consuelo's moral courage and the novel's recurrent interest in hidden communities seeking a more humane order. This book is recommended to readers who admire Romantic fiction that combines adventure with ideas. Those interested in women artists, utopian politics, secret societies, and the spiritual ambitions of nineteenth-century literature will find it a demanding but rewarding work.
Über den Autor
George Sand (1804-1876) is a pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, a French novelist, memoirist, and journalist. She was one of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac. Sand is recognized as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era.
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| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9788028377403 |
| ISBN-10: | 8028377408 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Sand, George |
| Übersetzung: | Robinson, Fayette |
| Hersteller: | Sharp Ink |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | George Sand |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.05.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,399 kg |