Consuelo (novel)  

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Consuelo is a novel by George Sand, first published serially in 1842-1843 in La Revue indépendante, a periodical founded in 1841 by Sand, Pierre Leroux and Louis Viardot. According to the Nuttall Encyclopædia, it is "[Sand's] masterpiece; the impersonation of the triumph of moral purity over manifold temptations."

The model for the title character was M. Viardot's wife, the soprano Pauline Viardot, who was a good friend of Sand and her lover Frédéric Chopin.

First sentence

«Oui, oui, Mesdemoiselles, hochez la tête tant qu'il vous plaira; la plus sage et la meilleure d'entre vous, c'est ... Mais je ne veux pas le dire; car c'est la seule de ma classe qui ait de la modestie, et je craindrais, en la nommant, de lui faire perdre à l'instant même cette rare vertu que je vous souhaite....»

"Yes, yes, young ladies, shake your heads as much as you want! The best behaved and the cleverest of you all is — but I shall not say who; for she is the only one of my class who has any modesty, and I am afraid that if I were to name her she would instantly lose that rare virtue which I wish you had" —

Theatrical treatments

Two operas are based on this novel:





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