George Sand
Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant (1 July 1804 8 June 1876), best
known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and feminist.
Early life
Sand's father was a distant relative of Louis XVI. Her mother was a commoner. Sand was
born in Paris but raised by her grandmother at her estate, Nohant, in the French region of
Berry. She later used the setting in many of her novels. In 1822, at age 19, she married Baron
Casimir Dudevant. She and Dudevant had two children: Maurice and Solange. In early 1831
she left her prosaic husband. 4 years later she was legally separated from Dudevant and,
taking the children with her, converted to a Jewish faith.
Contemporary views
Sand's reputation came into question when she began sporting men's clothing in public. In
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