Consuelo (novel)
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Consuelo is a novel by George Sand
, first published serial
ly in 1842
-1843
in La Revue indépendante, a periodical founded in 1841
by Sand, Pierre Leroux
and Louis Viardot. According to the Nuttall Encyclopædia, it is "[Sand's] masterpiece; the impersonation of the triumph of moral purity over manifold temptations."
The model for the title character was M. Viardot's wife, the soprano Pauline Viardot, who was a good friend of Sand and her lover Frédéric Chopin
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George Sand
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant , best known by her pseudonym George Sand , was a French novelist and memoirist.-Life:...
, first published serial
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
ly in 1842
1842 in literature
The year 1842 in literature involved some significant new books.-Events:*Fanny Burney's diary and letters are posthumously published.*The Book of Abraham is published in two installments in the Times and Seasons....
-1843
1843 in literature
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in La Revue indépendante, a periodical founded in 1841
1841 in literature
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by Sand, Pierre Leroux
Pierre Leroux
Pierre Henri Leroux , French philosopher and political economist, was born at Bercy, now a part of Paris, the son of an artisan.- Life :...
and Louis Viardot. According to the Nuttall Encyclopædia, it is "[Sand's] masterpiece; the impersonation of the triumph of moral purity over manifold temptations."
The model for the title character was M. Viardot's wife, the soprano Pauline Viardot, who was a good friend of Sand and her lover Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
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First sentence
«Oui, oui, Mesdemoiselles, hochez la tête tant qu'il vous plaira; la plus sage et la meilleure d'entre vous, c'est ... Mais je ne veux pas le dire; car c'est la seule de ma classe qui ait de la modestie, et je craindrais, en la nommant, de lui faire perdre à l'instant même cette rare vertu que je vous souhaite....»
"Yes, yes, young ladies, shake your heads as much as you want! The best behaved and the cleverest of you all is — but I shall not say who; for she is the only one of my class who has any modesty, and I am afraid that if I were to name her she would instantly lose that rare virtue which I wish you had" —
Theatrical treatments
Two operas are based on this novel:- Consuelo by Alfonso RendanoAlfonso RendanoAlfonso Rendano was an Italian pianist and composer. He is mostly renowned for inventing the "third pedal", which augmented the interpretative resources of the piano.Rendano was born in Cosenza...
(1888) - Consuelo by Giacomo OreficeGiacomo OreficeGiacomo Orefice was an Italian composer.He was born in Vicenza. He studied under Busi and Mancinelli at the Liceo Bologna, and later became professor of composition at the Milan Conservatory...
(1895)
External links
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