George Sand: No to Prejudice (They Said No)

Synopsis

The only YA book to tell the story of George Sand and the courageous fight for women&’s rights in the 19th century.George Sand was the most popular novelist of the mid-19th century, and the pen name of Amandine Aurore Dupin. Sand wasn&’t looking for scandal or subterfuge by using a pseudonym, but for freedom to live and to write, which she found by dressing as a man, writing under a man&’s name, and loving who and how she chose. Her actions were an affront to the prejudices of the 19th century and a formidable lesson in courage.Young Aurore grew up torn between two women and two worlds: the conventional and narrow bourgeoisie of her paternal grandmother, who raised her in the countryside, and the modest, Parisian environment of her whimsical mother. Refusing to become the stereotype of femininity, she dreams of another world, where she can breathe, uncorseted, away from the strictures of social expectation. She ignores the slander and rumors that follow her, and builds a free woman's life, deeply respected by friends and contemporaries like Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert and many others. Using her fame as a writer, she fights for women&’s and workers&’ rights. She is the model of an emancipated woman.

Copyright:

2019

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

96 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781644212608

Related ISBNs:

9781644212592

Publisher:

Seven Stories Press

Date of Addition:

07/08/25

Copyrighted By:

Actes Sud

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction

Grade Levels:

Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade

Reading Age:

10–14

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Translator:

Emma Ramadan