The Cup, Lupo Liverani, The Toast, Garnier, The Smuggler, The Reverie in Paris

Sand, George, 1804-1876Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.2
Word count
281K words
Chapters
29

Tags

Foreign Literature Portrait GalleryLegendary LivesFate and FortuneLove EntanglementsHuman NaturePsychological InsightTender SentimentMoral DilemmaPopular NarrativeExotic Culture

Summary

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.La Coupe; Lupo Liverani; Le Toast; Garnier; Le Contrebandier; La Rêverie à ParisAuthor: Sand, George, 1804-1876,Language: French, Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Release Date: Oct 5, 2013

Editor's review

This is a French-language collection of short works by George Sand, including La Coupe, Lupo Liverani, Le Toast, Garnier, Le Contrebandier, and La Rêverie à Paris. George Sand was a major figure of nineteenth-century French Romanticism. These short pieces tend to blend narrative and lyricism, with subjects ranging from human destiny and local scenery to inner reverie, and they display the warmth and idealism often found in her writing. For Chinese readers, the value of this book lies in encountering, in the original language, a less-translated side of Sand's shorter fiction and in feeling the rhythm and tone of her French prose. It is suitable as extensive reading material for learners of French and as a supplement, beyond her major novels, for enthusiasts of French literature. Note that the entire book is in French and that the pieces are not uniform in style; first-time readers may start with shorter, more clearly plotted pieces rather than reading straight through.

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Reading tips

  1. Start with shorter, clearly plotted pieces before moving on to more lyrical ones.
  2. Keep a French-Chinese dictionary at hand and look up nineteenth-century usages and place names as you go.
  3. Read with Sand's biography and the Romantic background in mind to understand her characters and emotional orientation.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or the original French? It is in the original French and collects several short works by George Sand. Readers without French will find it quite difficult; a Chinese translation or a bilingual approach is recommended first.
Which works are included? According to the information provided, the collection includes La Coupe, Lupo Liverani, Le Toast, Garnier, Le Contrebandier, and La Rêverie à Paris, among others; it is a short-story collection.
Is it suitable for French beginners? It is better suited to learners with some foundation in reading French. Nineteenth-century literary language differs from modern French, so beginners may start with the shorter pieces and work through gradually with a dictionary and notes.

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About the author

Sand, George, 1804-1876 Author

George 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.