The Devil's Pool, by George Sand
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The quatrain in old French written below one of Holbein's pictures is profoundly sad in its simplicity. The engraving represents a ploughman driving his plough through a field. A vast expanse of country stretches away in the distance, with some poor cabins here and there; the sun is setting behind the hill. It is the close of a hard day's work. The peasant is a short, thick-set man, old, and clothed in rags.
The Devil's Pool, by George Sand- Amazon Sales Rank: #4114711 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .19" w x 6.00" l, .27 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 82 pages
About the Author George Sand is the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, a 19th century French novelist and memoirist. Sand is best known for her novels Indiana, L?lia, and Consuelo, and for her memoir A Winter in Majorca, in which she reflects on her time on the island with Chopin in 1838-39. A champion of the poor and working classes, Sand was an early socialist who published her own newspaper using a workers co-operative and scorned gender conventions by wearing men s clothing and smoking tobacco in public. George Sand died in France in 1876.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A seemingly uninteresting subject, and a beautiful story... By B. Alcat George Sand (1804-1876) was an excellent writer, and this book allows the reader to be certain of that. How? Well, in this book Sand takes a seemingly uninteresting subject and tells us a beautiful story about him."The devil's pool" (1846) is short, and it is likely to seem even shorter due to the fact that you will be caught up in the pastoral world that the author describes so well. The plot is simple, but effective, and revolves around a planned marriage, and love. However, I am certain you will also enjoy her beautiful metaphors, that for example make you wish you were able to watch a particular sunset.All in all, I think that the lesson here is that there is poetry and beauty in everything, we just need to be capable of seeing it, as Sand did. Recommended!Belen Alcat
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful. What would I think of myself .... By A. G. Plumb ..... if I couldn't fight off my sad thoughts? (p 48)I had a vague knowledge of George Sand before I read Belinda Jack's biography of her. In learning more about Sand I grew to admire the determined individual that she was. But I never really felt any liking for her - unlike, say, what I feel for Emma Goldman or Mary Shelley. Sand's novel 'Indiana' did excite me despite some of its melodramatic aspects. 'Mauprat' on the other hand, wasn't to my liking much at all. 'The Devil's Pool', however, is such a short novel - a novella really - that I was willing to give it a try. And I am so glad I did.This is a simple pastoral novel, but Victoria Glendinning's Foreword mislead me. I thought I was about to enter the rural world of W H Hudson ('A Shepherd's Life' or 'Idle Days in Patagonia'), which was not a bad prospect for me as I enjoy Hudson's writing a lot. But Sand is different altogether - this rural environment is gripping and tinged with horror and despair.Here's another quote:'..... everyone has a story (and everyone would be able to rouse interest in the novel of their own life, if they had really understood it.....)(p 15)Other recommended reading:'George Sand': Belinda Jack'Indiana': George Sand'Living my Life': Emma Goldman (she must have really understood it!)'A Crystal Age': W H Hudson (for a different type of pastoral world, but just as challenging)
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. One Of The Best Short Stories Ever Written By J.E.Robinson Previously my favorite short story or novella was Tolstoy's Master and Man. But this present work comes close to that. I found it on a list of great literature that Bloom has created. It is from Bloom's Democratic Period, 1832-1900. Among the French writers, Bloom selects this work as the best from George Sand.It is a three part story about a ploughman, Germain. He is a French farmer and he owns his own farm, so he is a man of substance. He is a good looking man in excellent health with three small children, but his wife has died. The story revolves around a trip that he makes to meet a new wife. A trip was arranged by his now deceased wife's inlaws, who are worried about Germain and the children, and then the subsequent marriage that follows on later. Sand manages to communicate a lot of the charm of rural French life to the reader while she tells the story.There are many twists and turns. The tale seems quite improbable at first, but then it becomes much more compelling as one reads on - more than might possibly imagine. It is a book that kept me up late until it was done. It is not a complicated story and there are few dramatic moments. Rather it is a simple but interesting story about a trip and a romance in rural France. The start and finishing parts are good, but it is a bit slow in the middle with the dialogue bewteem the hemp-beater and the grave-digger.This is a great novella that I highly recommend.As a side note it is available free on the Gutenberg Project website.
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