Lavinia George Sand 9780994430656 Books
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Sir Lionel Bridgemont, a wealthy young English traveller, and Lavinia Buenafè, a young well-born Portuguese girl, had thought, ten years ago when they were betrothed, that their love was forever. But Lionel abandoned her, miserably, breaking her heart. He has continued his wandering life; she has married a wealthy nobleman and become a widow. Now the news of his forthcoming marriage reaches her, and she writes to him to suggest that they return each other’s letters. Considering that they are, for the first time since they parted, physically so close to one another, high up in the Pyrenees, they cautiously decide to meet. With his witty young friend Sir Henry accompanying him, Lionel travels to Saint-Sauveur to meet Lavinia. Will she have forgiven him for his youthful cruelty all those years ago? Will he still feel something for her? Will their encounter prove to be a scene of revenge, reconciliation or even revivified love? Whatever the possibilities, it will be Lavinia who finally decides…This passionate, amusing novella was first published in 1833.
Lavinia George Sand 9780994430656 Books
This novelette set in 19th century France reveals a heroine of remarkable emotional stamina and a sense of self-worth--purchased at the cost of betrayed naievte. Like a drama where the protagonist does not "enter" until our curiosity has been sufficiently whetted by premilinary gossip, Lavinia herself--no longer ingenuous but still a dusky beauty--bursts upon the stage as full blown woman, eminently desirable and self possessed.Sir Henry, who had jilted her in the past, aided and abetted by his gayblade buddy, Lionel, stages a risky rendez-vous repossess his old love letters and trinkets before his impending marriage. But Lavinia does not swoon at his feet, begging his return, which annoys his masculine ego. Ah no, poor Henry sees the amorous tables turned upon himself. Much of the novel is like a play: there are "scenes" and "acts;" there is a preponderance of dialogue that would make this work a pleasure to stage. Sand spares nothing in villifying French 19th century "Society," with its highly restrictive women's roles and impossible demands placed on the fair sex.
So which suitor will win la belle Lavinia: panting and repentant Sir Henry or a rich young Count--equally besotted? This novelette of 45 pages seems a cleverly disguised treatise/expose on the foibles and injustice of French society, at whose tyrannical hands George Sand herself may have suffered. But expect a surprise ending, for Lavinia may do that which real women dare not. Almost mortally wounded in affairs of the heart, Lavinia will remain true to her instinct of self-preservation: physical and moral. This a fast read, which may appear lite, almost trite; but this piece actually simmers with Sand's scathing denunciation of her constricted world.
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Lavinia George Sand 9780994430656 Books Reviews
This novelette set in 19th century France reveals a heroine of remarkable emotional stamina and a sense of self-worth--purchased at the cost of betrayed naievte. Like a drama where the protagonist does not "enter" until our curiosity has been sufficiently whetted by premilinary gossip, Lavinia herself--no longer ingenuous but still a dusky beauty--bursts upon the stage as full blown woman, eminently desirable and self possessed.
Sir Henry, who had jilted her in the past, aided and abetted by his gayblade buddy, Lionel, stages a risky rendez-vous repossess his old love letters and trinkets before his impending marriage. But Lavinia does not swoon at his feet, begging his return, which annoys his masculine ego. Ah no, poor Henry sees the amorous tables turned upon himself. Much of the novel is like a play there are "scenes" and "acts;" there is a preponderance of dialogue that would make this work a pleasure to stage. Sand spares nothing in villifying French 19th century "Society," with its highly restrictive women's roles and impossible demands placed on the fair sex.
So which suitor will win la belle Lavinia panting and repentant Sir Henry or a rich young Count--equally besotted? This novelette of 45 pages seems a cleverly disguised treatise/expose on the foibles and injustice of French society, at whose tyrannical hands George Sand herself may have suffered. But expect a surprise ending, for Lavinia may do that which real women dare not. Almost mortally wounded in affairs of the heart, Lavinia will remain true to her instinct of self-preservation physical and moral. This a fast read, which may appear lite, almost trite; but this piece actually simmers with Sand's scathing denunciation of her constricted world.
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