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George Sand by Francine Mallet (review)

Mallet's method is to pursue the topic of the individual chapter chronologically; each chapter, therefore, does not comprise a separate time segment in the life of George Sand. Chapter three follows the years of her marriage, while chapter five covers some of the same time span vis-à-vis her lovers, a period which represents her "amour de l'absolu" (p. 43). Mallet draws upon the Histoire de ma vie for details concerning the relationship between Aurore and her mother as well as that between Aurore and her grandmother (as later reflected in La Petite Fadette). The book is biographical as far as chapter seven, which provides information about individual works and suggests someclés for the important characters. Besides Indiana and IAUa, the novel that caused a scandal, Mallet deems Mauprat interesting because it is a "roman à la Dumas, roman policier en avance sur son temps, roman didactique, roman social, roman dramatique aussi, roman d'amour surtout: une réussite," (pp. 295-96). The comments concerning the well-known "berrichon" novels, however, offer little that is new. Mallet refutes the charge of frigidity against Sand, and André Maurois is accused of being "entraîné par ses devanciers" in this regard (p. 162). Equal rights are championed inasmuch as "le nombre de ses [ i.e. Sand's] amants n'est guère élevé comparé à celui des maîtresses de Chateaubriand, Balzac, Victor Hugo ou Dumas" (p. 152). A deterrent to George Sand's growing influence, moreover, is the "misogynie de Lanson, Faguet, Doumic" (p. 380). In her apotheosis of the novelist in the final chapter, Mallet emphasizes nonetheless her very human qualities, her lack of vanity and her Rousseauistic approach to life.