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1、GeorgeSandGeorgeSandbyReneDoumicTranslatedbyAlysHallard1GeorgeSandFirstpublishedin1910.ThisvolumeisdedicatedtoMadameL.LandouzywithgratitudeandaffectionThisbookisnotintendedasastudyofGeorgeSand.Itismerelyaseriesofchapterstouchingonvariousaspectsofherlifeandwri
2、tings.Myworkwillnotbelostiftheperusalofthesepagesshouldinspireoneofthehistoriansofourliteraturewiththeideaofdevotingtothegreatnovelist,tohergeniusandherinfluence,aworkofthiskind.LISTOFILLUSTRATIONSGEORGESAND(FromaphotogravurebyN.Desmardyl,afteraPaintingbyA.Ch
3、arpentier)GEORGESAND(FromanengravingbyL.Calamatia)JULESSANDEAU(FromanetchingbyM.Desboutins)ALFREDDEMUSSET(Fromalithograph)FACSIMILEOFANAUTOGRAPHLETTEROFGEORGESAND(WrittenfromVenicetoHipp.Chatiron)GEORGESAND(Fromalithograph)F.CHOPIN(Fromaphotograph)PIERRELEROU
4、X(FromalithographbyA.Collette)GEORGESAND(Fromalithograph)2GeorgeSandIAUROREDUPINPSYCHOLOGYOFADAUGHTEROFROUSSEAUInthewholeofFrenchliteraryhistory,thereis,perhaps,nosubjectofsuchinexhaustibleandmoderninterestasthatofGeorgeSand.Ofwhatuseisliteraryhistory?Itisnot
5、onlyakindofmuseum,inwhichafewmasterpiecesarepreservedforthepleasureofbeholders.Itisthiscertainly,butitisstillmorethanthis.Finebooksare,beforeanythingelse,livingworks.Theynotonlyhavelived,buttheycontinuetolive.Theylivewithinus,underneaththoseideaswhichformourc
6、onscienceandthosesentimentswhichinspireouractions.Thereisnothingofgreaterimportanceforanysocietythantomakeaninventoryoftheideasandthesentimentswhicharecomposingitsmoralatmosphereeveryinstantthatitexists.Foreveryindividualthisworkistheveryconditionofhisdignity
7、.Thequestionis,shouldwehavetheseideasandthesesentiments,if,inthetimesbeforeus,therehadnotbeensomeexceptionalindividualswhoseizedthem,asitwere,intheairandmadethemviableanddurable?Theseexceptionalindividualswerecapableofthinkingmorevigorously,offeelingmoredeepl
8、y,andofexpressingthemselvesmoreforciblythanweare.Theybequeathedtheseideasandsentimentstous.Literaryhistoryis,then,aboveandbeyondallthings,theperpetualexaminationoftheconscienceofhumanity.
