GEORGE SAND / THE SNOWMAN Complete 2/2 First Edition 1859 Nicely Bound in Period Binding

  

George Sand, pen name of Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin de Francueil. By marriage Baroness Dudevant, she is a French novelist, playwright, letter writer, literary critic, and journalist, born on July 1, 1804 in Paris and died on June 8, 1876 at the château de Nohant-Vic. She is among the most prolific writers, with more than 70 novels to her name and 50 volumes of various works including short stories, tales, plays, and political texts. In the image of her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admires, George Sand defends women, advocates passion, condemns marriage, and fights against the prejudices of a conservative society.

Set in the heart of Sweden, in Dalécarlie, "The Snowman" begins on Christmas night in 1770. Christian Waldo, a foundling raised in Italy, an artist turned puppeteer, arrives at the castle where he has been invited to entertain the company. Hero of a novel that is by turns picaresque, sentimental, familial, and philosophical. After many tribulations, he will succeed in discovering his true identity and marrying the one he loves.

Impregnated with the landscapes and customs of a distant country plunged into winter, this novel, published in 1859, is dedicated to the author's son, Maurice Sand, whom his mother willingly assisted in creating canvases and making costumes for the puppet theater he had set up in Nohant. Complete edition in 2 volumes.

2 volumes In-12, (approximately 18x12cm), 432 & 396 pp. Pleasant and solid half-binding of the time, black leather, 4 raised bands on spine. Golden scrolls on spine, golden lines and titling. Beautiful copy, good binding, well preserved, solid and clean. Slight usual minor wear or rubbing on caps, spine, edges.

Book bodies holding up perfectly. Paper barely yellowed, clean and fresh internally overall. Some weak foxing halos or usual light stains inside.