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Mauprat is a novel by the French novelist George Sand about love and education. It was published in serial form in April and May 1837. Like many of Sand's novels, Mauprat borrows from various fictional genres- the Gothic novel, chivalric romance, the Bildungsroman, detective... Read Full Overview

Mauprat (1837) is the romantic tale of a "wild" man civilized by the woman he loves. Deeply engaged with Rousseau's pedagogical treatise mile, and with contemporary debate concerning inherited and acquired traits and tendencies, Mauprat is an expression of Sand's Utopian vision... Read Full Overview

George Sand, the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-76), was a French novelist, memoirist and socialist, recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She was born in Paris and raised for much of her childhood by her grandmother at her... Read Full Overview

Mauprat: Translated From The French By Stanley Young With A Critical Introduction By John Oliver Hobbes (Pearl Mary-Teresa Craigie) Illustrated With Photogravure Portraits And Text Portraits With Notes By Octave Uzanne Edited By Edmund Gosse This book is a result of an effort... Read Full Overview

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1 July 1804 - 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist, and journalist. One of the more popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honor? de Balzac in England... Read Full Overview

A drama of loyalty and passion set against a Gothic background. This novel is said to have inspired "Wuthering Heights.""

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A wild and untamed man, raised in a violent feudal household, finds his life transformed by the love of a compassionate woman. As he struggles to overcome his dark past, he must confront both his inner demons and the societal injustices around him. Can love truly redeem a... Read Full Overview

Il n'y a pas longtemps que le dernier des Mauprat, qui cette propri t tomba en h ritage, en fit enlever la toiture et vendre tous les bois de charpente; puis, comme s'il e t voulu donner un soufflet la m moire de ses anc tres, il fit jeter terre le portail, ventrer la... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Mauprat By George Sand, Stanley Young (Translated by)

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A drama of loyalty and passion set against a Gothic background. This novel is said to have inspired Wuthering Heights .

Bernard de Mauprat raconte sa vie deux visiteurs: le narrateur et son ami. L'histoire se passe la fin du XVIIIe si cle. Orphelin sept ans, Bernard a t lev par son grand-p re, Tristan de Mauprat, qui, avec ses fils, ran onne et terrorise la r gion. Apr s la mort de son... Read Full Overview