The Dream Lover

Elizabeth Berg wanted to read a novel about George Sand but couldn’t find one…and so she wrote it herself. In The Dream Lover, Berg unfolds the story of Aurore Dupin, who boldly left a loveless aristocratic marriage to make her own way in 19th-century Paris. She adopts the pen name George Sand and becomes France’s bestselling female novelist, living a bohemian lifestyle and scandalizing society by having high-profile love affairs and, even more outrageously, by dressing in men’s clothing. I love stories about trailblazing women, and Berg compellingly conveys how risky and courageous Sand’s actions were at a time… show more.

Meet Aurore Dupin, best known by her pen name, George Sand, one of the most progressive and unique French novelist, memoirist, and journalist of the 19th century. This amazing novel depicts Sand’s personal life from her youth to her older ages. In a time where women were expected to wear corsets and dresses, to play the piano to entertain important guests, to be a good wife under all circumstances, and to be a stay-at-home mother, Aurore Dupin stands against what is the “norm”.  She stands up to defend women's rights, in order to follow her heart, in a constant… show more.