Valvedre

An astonishingly modern novel, George Sand's Valvedre questions traditional

Romantic representations of women and exposes the disastrous consequences such

notions of femininity have for both male and female characters at a time when

divorce was illegal. This first English translation by Francoise Massardier-

Kenney shows Sand's control of style and her understanding of the major

tensions of early modern France: the role of women in society, the nature of

motherhood, the relations between science and art, and the nature of

prejudice.