In The Marquise, George Sand reacts against the tradition of the libertine novels of the 19th century by making the Marquise the narrator of the story, thus giving her control of the action. Sand deconstructs the myth of the seducer by making Lelio, the hero, the subject of the Marquise's desire. Pauline's two female protagonists represent diametrically opposed 19th-century female roles. Pauline is trapped by the bourgeois strictures of the time, while her friend, Laurence, an actress and intellectual, is independent both financially and emotionally.
- ISBN10 0897334493
- ISBN13 9780897334495
- Publish Date 30 August 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Academy Chicago Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English