Evenor and Leucippe: The Loves of the Golden Age, an Antediluvian Legend
Sand, George, 1804-1876Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019
Rating 3.2- Word count
- 374K words
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- 38
Tags
Foreign Language Books Romance FictionForeign Literature Love StoryUtopian ImageryRomantic StyleFolk LegendFrench RomanceGolden AgeSummary
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Evenor et Leucippe: Les amours de l'Âge d'Or; Légende antidéluvienne by George SandAuthor: Sand, George, 1804-1876,Language: French, Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Release Date: Nov 17, 2018Editor's review
Evenor et Leucippe, subtitled "The Loves of the Golden Age" and described by George Sand as a "pre-diluvian legend," belongs to her late, more idealistic imaginative writing. It departs from the social observation of her realistic novels for a constructed world of innocent love and primeval pastoral, in a language touched with lyricism and romance. Its value lies in showing a side of Sand's work little noticed by Chinese readers: a longing, in legendary form, for harmonious relations between the sexes and a state of nature. This is a public-domain French e-book, suited as supplementary reading for understanding the range of Sand's writing, and for readers interested in utopian imaginings in French Romantic legend. It is best read as an allegorical love legend, not a realistic novel.Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in George Sand's work and French Romantic literature
- Students of literature studying the utopian imagination of nineteenth-century women writers
- French-language readers who enjoy ancient legend and pastoral love narratives
- Enthusiasts wishing to broaden their reading of Sand beyond her best-known works
Not a good fit for
- General readers who cannot read French and have no translation to rely on
- Dedicated readers of Sand's social-problem novels expecting that style
- Readers who prefer strong plot and realistic detail
Reading tips
- Read the preface or subtitle note first to establish that this is a legend, not a realistic novel, and adjust expectations accordingly.
- Place it in the context of Sand's late work and note its idealizing tendency and how it differs from her earlier writing.
- Do not pause to look up mythic names of people and places; follow the narrative rhythm and finish the story first.
- Afterward, do some background reading on French Romantic imaginings of antiquity and nature for comparison.
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FAQ
Is this a major work by George Sand?
No. It is one of the more unusual works in Sand's oeuvre, a legend of Golden Age love that differs from her well-known social-problem novels. It is better suited as supplementary reading for understanding her range than as a first introduction.Can I read it without any French?
This edition is a public-domain French e-book with a French text and no Chinese parallel or notes. Readers without French need to rely on an existing Chinese translation, or use it as auxiliary material for learning French; it is not suitable as a first reader.What does "pre-diluvian legend" mean?
It is the temporal setting the author gives the work, using a legendary age before the Flood to embody an imagining of innocent love and natural life; it is not strict mythological scholarship. Readers may understand it as a literary framing device and need not verify it against historical or religious texts.This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Sand, George, 1804-1876 AuthorGeorge Sand (1804–1876) was a French novelist. The library holds seventy-six of her works, including volumes one and three of Consuelo, The Devil's Pool, Mauprat, La petite Fadette, and the first part of Histoire de ma Vie, as well as her correspondence with Gustave Flaubert. Because source materials are limited, details of her life and her assigned categories are not fully recorded. Judging from the works available, her writing combines a rural, pastoral atmosphere with social observation, often set against country life and depicting the emotions and fortunes of ordinary people with delicate, sympathetic strokes; her letters record her exchanges and intellectual ties with literary figures of her time. These works hold a place in nineteenth-century French literature.