George Sand, whose real name was Baroness Amandine Aurore-Lucie Dupin Dedevant, was born in 1804 and became one of the most prominent writers of nineteenth-century France. Although today a large part of her fame centers on her life her love affairs with Chopin, Musset, and Marie Dorval, wearing men's clothes, and smoking cigars she was hailed as a major artist during her time.
