Martine Reid is Professor of French Language and Literature at Lille University. She is the editor of several critical editions of George Sand’s work, including Mademoiselle Merquem and La Petite Fadette, the latter also published by Penn State University Press.Gretchen van Slyke is Professor of French at the University of Vermont and the translator of George Sand’s novels The Countess von Rudolstadt and La Petite Fadette, the latter also published by Penn State University Press.

“Martine Reid’s life of Sand is a miracle of concision and evenhandedness.”—Benita Eisler The Wall Street Journal

• ContentsForeword by Gretchen van SlykeChronological Points of ReferenceIntroduction1832I. 1804–1831II. 1832–1851III. 1852–18751876NotesBibliographyIndex

Martine Reid is Professor of French Language and Literature at Lille University. She is the editor of several critical editions of George Sand’s work, including Mademoiselle Merquem and La Petite Fadette, the latter also published by Penn State University Press.Gretchen van Slyke is Professor of French at the University of Vermont and the translator of George Sand’s novels The Countess von Rudolstadt and La Petite Fadette, the latter also published by Penn State University Press.

“Martine Reid’s life of Sand is a miracle of concision and evenhandedness.”—Benita Eisler The Wall Street Journal

• ContentsForeword by Gretchen van SlykeChronological Points of ReferenceIntroduction1832I. 1804–1831II. 1832–1851III. 1852–18751876NotesBibliographyIndex