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Title: Indiana (Oxford World's Classics) by George Sand, Sylvia Raphael ISBN: 0-19-283797-4 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An extraordinary first novel
Comment: I recently read a biography of George Sand and it stimulated an interest in reading some of her novels. It wasn't easy to find some, but I did manage to buy 'Indiana' and 'Mauprat' through a second-hand dealer. 'Indiana' is an interesting story of relationships especially between husbands and wives, men and women, nobility and commoners, family and strangers. The central marraige is uncharacteristic of modern Western society in that an older wealthy man has married a young woman for the status of it - he is no more than her friend, and often not even that. But there are many ways in which marraiges can fail either the woman or the man in modern Western society and consequently, for me, the symptoms of what goes on in this novel - even if not the causes - are current in modern society.
Sand's story is engaging and generally well paced. It does seem a bit like a soap opera sometimes. It also rushes to an unsatisfactory ending - a bit like the end of 'Well of Loneliness', which appalled me. But then Sand has a surprise for me - although I have a sneaking feeling that it might be an afterthought, a rewrite. What is distinctive about Sand's writing is her ability to create a visionary scene - like the one where Raymon rails against the picture of Indiana's cousin Ralph hanging in Indiana's bedroom (Raymon is there with his lover of the time - Indiana's serving girl Noun). And then there is the extraordinary scene where Indiana almost drowns in the river only to be rescued by Ralph - we see the world transform itself from Indiana's perspective in the most unsettling way.
I enjoyed this novel immensely and look forward to reading more of Sand's writing.
Rating: 4
Summary: Balanced portraits. 4 1/2 stars
Comment: This is strange and facinating reading. Yes, there are moments that make you laugh out loud (a modern woman especially) but the characters are attractive even with their foibles. You find yourself rooting for Indiana, who is strong but naive but especially for Ralph, that strong, silent type. The ending is very odd but the book reads quickly.
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Title: Marianne by George Sand, Sian Mills, Marilyn French ISBN: 0786705388 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Horace by George Sand, Zack Rogow ISBN: 156279082X Publisher: Mercury House Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand (Women Writers in Translation) by George Sand, Thelma Jurgrau ISBN: 0791405818 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: July, 1991 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: George Sand : A Woman's Life Writ Large by Belinda Jack ISBN: 0679779183 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Souls of Black Folk: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition) by W. E. B. Du Bois, Henry Louis, Jr. Gates, Terri Hume Oliver ISBN: 039397393X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.40 |
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