Léonard Sylvain Julien Sandeau

Background

Sandeau was born at Aubusson (Creuse), on February 19, 1811.

Education

He was sent to Paris to study law, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students.

Career

As a young man, Sandeau became the lover of Amandine-Aurore-Lucie Dudevant (later known as George Sand) and worked with her on the novel Rose et Blanche (1831; “Red and White”), which was published under the pseudonym Jules Sand. At the end of 1832, she broke off the affair and adopted the pen name George Sand. Sandeau’s most successful novel was Mademoiselle de la Seiglière (1848), a tale of the conflict between love and class consciousness, written in a mannered style, now read mainly for its portrayal of society during the reign of Louis-Philippe. He also wrote a good deal for the theatre. He met with considerable success with dramatizations of a number of his novels, and he collaborated with Émile Augier on several plays, including the famous Gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1854; “Son-in-Law of Monsieur Poirier”), which advocated the fusion of the new prosperous middle class and the dispossessed nobility.

Works

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  • Un héritage (French Edition)

    (Extrait: "C'était un grand jour pour maître Gottlieb Kauf...)

  • Sacs Et Parchemins (French) SACS ET PARCHEMINS (FRENCH) BY Sandeau, Jules ( Author ) Sep-10-2010 SACS ET PARCHEMINS (FRENCH) SACS ET PARCHEMINS (FRENCH) BY SANDEAU, JULES ( AUTHOR ) SEP-10-2010 By Sandeau, Jules ( Author )Sep-10-2010 Hardcover

Membership

Sandeau had been made conservateur of the Mazarin library in 1853, elected to the Académie française in 1858, and appointed librarian of St Cloud in 1859.

Connections

He met George Sand, then Madame Dudevant, at Le Coudray in the house of a friend, and when she came to Paris in 1831 they had a relationship. The intimacy did not last long.

colleague:

Émile Augier

References

• Mademoiselle de la Seiglie?re