The Country Waif: (Francois Le Champi)

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width: 4.9 in Illustrator: Yes height: 0.6 in Publication Year: 1977 Item Length: 8 in Language: English Topic: General, Literary Book Title: Country Waif : (Francois Le Champi) Number of Pages: 181 Pages Item Width: 4.9 in Genre: Fiction, Literary Collections ISBN: 9780803258501 Author: George Sand Item Weight: 9.8 Oz Item Height: 0.6 in Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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The Country Waif: (Francois Le Champi). Title: The Country Waif: (Francois Le Champi). Number of Pages: 181. Weight: 0.54 lbs. Publication Date: 1977-07-01. Publisher: University of Nebraska Press. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Country Waif: (Francois Le Champi) ISBN13: 9780803258501 ISBN10: 080325850X Author: Sand, George (Author), Collis, Eirene (Translator), Zimmerman, Dorothy Wynne (Introduction by) Description: The Country Waif (Fran?Oise Le Champi) Is The Second Of The Three Pastoral Novels Which Rank Along With George Sand's Autobiographical Writing As Her Finest Work Although Simple In Themselves, These Tales Have Behind Them Much Of The Complex Experience Of Her Extraordinary Life As Mrs Zimmerman Writes In The Introduction, They Reflect Sand's Youthful Romanticism, Her Later Championing Of The Working Classes, And Her Desire To Record In Fiction That Was Both Poetic And Factual The Lives Of The People And The Region She Knew Best Set In The Countryside Of The Author's Native Province Of Berry, The Country Waif Tells The Story Of Fran?Ois, An Orphan Boy Placed In A Rural Foster Home, And Madeline, The Miller's Wife Who Befriends Him Sand's Contemporary, Turgenev, Wrote That It Was In Her Best Manner, Simple, True, Affecting The Book Has Been Admired By Writers As Diverse As Willa Cather (She Found It Supremely Beautiful) And Andr? Malraux, Who Considered It A Masterpiece As Well As Examining The Setting, Language, And Narrative Mode Of The Novel, The Introduction Looks At Sand's Life, In Part From The Feminist Perspective, With Attention To The Sociopolitical Background Of The Post-Napoleonic Era, When Aurore Dudevant Felt Impelled To Rebel Against Her Status As A Country Wife And To Become George Sand Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Publication Date: 1977-07-01 Weight: 0.54 lbs Dimensions: 0.57'' H x 8.06'' L x 5.08'' W Number of Pages: 181 Language: English