Consuelo. Sand J.

Georges Said, nee Amandin Aurora Lucille Dupin, is an outstanding novelist of the nineteenth century. Her novel “Consuelo” was first published in 1843 in the independent review, founded by the writer by the writer. The reaction to this work both in France and in other countries was enthusiastic. Nowadays, “Consuelo” is considered one of the best works by Georges Sand. This is a classic of French literature. The future writer was born in the family of a military high rank and daughter of Poultry. Georges Sand partially conveyed her ideas, experience and vital impressions to the main character of her novel - singer Consuelo. The writer from her youth was worried about social inequality, and this topic was reflected in her literary work. Consuelo - raised in poverty on the Venice streets commoner. However, thanks to her talent, she makes dating in the highest circles of society, while thinking a lot about the injustice of an established order. The theme of art is raised in the “Consuelo”, the influence of external circumstances and internal contradictions in a person, the relationship of creativity with religion is highlighted; The role of a woman in society is repeatedly affected and discussed. At the same time, the court life of the 18th century is described, attention is paid to the features of musical art. There are many characters in the novel in which you can find out real historical personalities. This is the maestro Nikola Porporpapor, composer Joseph Yaydn, Empress Maria Teresi, Barons Frederick and Franz von Trenk and others. The lighting of acute social topics, the manner of writing, non -trivial plots of Georges Sand delighted contemporaries. Turgenev praised the writer's style, noting that she had a “gift to convey the thinnest, most fleeting impressions.”

Maurice Sand, also known as Jean Francois Maurice Arnold Dudevan, was the older child Georges Sand and her only son Born in marriage with Baron Francois Casimir Dudevan. Like his mother, Maurice Sand deeply plunged into creativity and found himself in literature and visual arts. He took the first steps along this path under the guidance of an outstanding representative of the romantic direction of European painting by Eugene Delacrois. Sand painted illustrations for French folk legends and fairy tales. He later began to give preference to graphics. Maurice illustrated some works of his mother, including her most famous novel - “Consuelo.”