Sand, George

Cultural  

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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Sand, George

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

From Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell

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, her works read by Mrs. Howe, 58, 206.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Julia Ward Howe

Sand, George, and A. de Musset, 2, 63; mentioned, 1, 106, 182, 183.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James

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