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Sand, George

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  1. The nom de plume of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, a nineteenth-century French author. In works such as Indiana and Lélia, she advocated freedom and independence for women.


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But for women, pseudonymity has had a special role: as a means of achieving credibility by posing as men, as George Sand, George Eliot and the Brontë sisters did in the 19th century.

From Economist Oct. 5, 2016

Sand, George, in Madrid during the war, iii.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

Her pen name was George Bishop: following the example of the three Georges so dear to the believer in sexless literature—George Sand, George Eliot and George Egerton.

From Melomaniacs by James Huneker

Sand, George, 15, 16, 19, 39, 40, 43, 81, 204, 246, 247, 391, 436.

From Franz Liszt by James Huneker

Sand, George, 38, 41 Sarajevo, 32 Scholarships, 170, 197 Science, 86, 109, 138 166 ff.,

From Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell

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