Random House
April 2015
On Sale: April 14, 2015
Featuring: Aurore Dupin; Gustave Flaubert; Frederic Chopin
ISBN: 0812993152 EAN: 9780812993158 Kindle: B00LYXSNTC Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
At the beginning of this powerful novel, we meet Aurore Dupin as she is leaving her estranged husband, a loveless marriage, and her familyโs estate in the French countryside to start a new life in Paris. There, she gives herself a new nameโGeorge Sandโand 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. Sandโs many lovers and friends include Frรฉdรฉric Chopin, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Liszt, Eugรจne Delacroix, Victor Hugo, Marie Dorval, and Alfred de Musset. As Sand welcomes fame and friendship, she fights to overcome heartbreak and prejudice, failure and loss. Though considered the most gifted genius of her time, she works to reconcile the pain of her childhood, of disturbing relationships with her mother and daughter, and of her intimacies with women and men. Will the life she longs for always be just out of reachโa dream?
Brilliantly written in luminous prose, and with remarkable insights into the heart and mind of a literary force, The Dream Lover tells the unforgettable story of a courageous, irresistible woman.
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