George Sand (1804-76) was brought up by her grandmother in Nohant-Vic. From 1830 until her death she wrote many novels, short stories, plays and newspaper and journal articles. She spent much of her time between Berry and Paris. The house here is an 18th century rebuild of a medieval manor house. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted inside the house 'for safety reasons and to protect furniture' (their published words in English). My comment on this is that those words are most meaningless: places I've come across before with this policy do so only to sell postcards and general tat. Anyway, what is the point of visiting a place if you have no personal experiences to take away, apart from elusive memory? Swerve.
There exists, though, a number of things to see around the house for free.
The back of the house.
A tiny part of the garden, with the house on the left. The cemetery is fascinating.
On the right, George Sand's daughter Gabrielle Solange Clésier (1828-99), née Dudevant Sand, wife of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Clésinger, and almost certainly the product of a relationship between Sand and Stéphane Ajasson de Grandsagne. Solange wrote three novels.
On the left, Jeanne Gabrielle Clésinger (1849-55), Sand's grand-daughter.
On the right, Marie Aurore de Saxe (1748-1821), Sand's grandmother.
On the left, Maurice François Dupin (1778-1808), Sand's father.
Claudine Jeanne Aurore Dudevant Sand (1866-1961), wife of Frédéric Lauth, and Sand's grand-daughter.
George Sand (1804-76), Amantine Aurore Dupin, Baronne Dudevant, wife of Casimir Dudevant.
Marc-Antoine Sand Dudevant (1863-64), Sand's grandson.
Maurice Dudevant (1823-1889), Baron Dudevant, Sand's son.
Marceline Claudine Augustine Calamatta (1842-1901), Maurice Dudevant's wife, and Sand's daughter-in-law.
Gabrielle Jeanne Lucille Dudevant Sand (1868-1909), Roméo Palazzi's wife, and Sand's grand-daughter.
Antoinette Sophie Victoire Delaborde (1773-1837), Maurice Dupin's wife, and Sand's mother.
Edmond Plauchut (1824-1909), a friend of the family, and a writer.
George Sand by Jean-Baptiste, or Auguste, Clésinger, Sand's son-in-law.
Maurice, George Sand's son.
My George Sand posts:
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La Maison de George Sand, Nohant-Vic, Indre
George Sand in Paris: Literary Île-de-France #49
George Sand: La Petite Fadette
Norma Tessum Onda, St Maurice, La Rochelle
George Sand and Le Moulin d'Angibault, Montipouret, Indre
There exists, though, a number of things to see around the house for free.
On the left, Jeanne Gabrielle Clésinger (1849-55), Sand's grand-daughter.
On the left, Maurice François Dupin (1778-1808), Sand's father.
My George Sand posts:
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La Maison de George Sand, Nohant-Vic, Indre
George Sand in Paris: Literary Île-de-France #49
George Sand: La Petite Fadette
Norma Tessum Onda, St Maurice, La Rochelle
George Sand and Le Moulin d'Angibault, Montipouret, Indre
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