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A Passion for Paris: George Sand, Romanticism’s Great Woman Happy?

George Sand, Romance, Romanticism, A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light, David Downie

A Passion for Paris: George Sand, Romanticism’s Great Woman Happy?

Published by admin on March 7, 2015

George Sand was the "Great Woman" of the Romantic Age, according to Victor Hugo. If anyone could make that claim it was Hugo. Successful,…

Starred Review for A Passion for Paris on Kirkus Reviews

Published by admin on February 4, 2015

Bonjour! I can’t help sharing this rave, starred review in the notoriously "difficult" (discerning?) Kirkus Reviews: KIRKUS REVIEW Join Downie (Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim…