Histoire De Ma Vie (George Sand)
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is an autobiography by George Sand covering her life up to shortly before the Revolution of 1848. The autobiography was published in Paris in 1854 and 1855 by Victor Lecou. George Sand had planned as early as 1835, shortly after the end of her relationship with
Alfred de Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...
, to write her memoirs. She started in April 1847 and, with many interruptions for other work, finished her memoirs in 1855. In the autobiography the dates and the succession of events are not entirely veracious. The work consists largely of extensive rewriting of letters that she sent and received. is a literary masterpiece with value as a social document and a family history. The 1856 edition published in Paris by
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consists of 5 separate books with a total of 13 chapters. is organized into 5 parts: # ; # (1800–1811); # (1810–1819); # (1819–1832); # . Gallimard published in 1970 an edition which was edited by Georges Lubin and then translated into English by a team of translators led by Thelma Jurgrau. The translation was published by
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in 1991 with the title ''Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand''.


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