- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Introduction
-
Chapter One Her Father's Daughter -
Chapter Two The Importance of Being Marie-Aurore de Saxe -
Chapter Three Sophie Victorious -
Chapter Four Spanish Sojourn -
Chapter Five Sophie's Choice -
Chapter Six Enigma of the Sphinx -
Chapter Seven Convent and Conversion -
Chapter Eight Coming of Age -
Chapter Nine Pater Semper Incertus Est -
Chapter Ten Marriage and Motherhood -
Chapter Eleven Passion in the Pyrenees -
Chapter Twelve Ready, Set, Go -
Chapter Thirteen “Our Motto is Freedom” -
Chapter Fourteen George Sand Is Born -
Chapter Fifteen A Daughter Is Born -
Chapter Sixteen The Author and the Actress -
Chapter Seventeen Sons and Lovers -
Chapter Eighteen Mother Love -
Chapter Nineteen Liaison Dangereuse -
Chapter Twenty Broken Bonds: Solange and Chopin -
Chapter Twenty-One Collateral Damage and Lucrézia Floriani -
Chapter Twenty-Two Revolution and Reverberations -
Chapter Twenty-Three Coming to Writing -
Chapter Twenty-Four Confession of a Young Girl -
Chapter Twenty-Five The Art of Loving - Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
A Daughter Is Born
A Daughter Is Born
- Chapter:
- (p.151) Chapter Fifteen A Daughter Is Born
- Source:
- George Sand
- Author(s):
Elizabeth Harlan
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
This chapter discusses Sand's ambivalence toward her daughter, which began even before Solange was born. The pregnancy was difficult; by April, Aurore had gained too much weight and was suffering from minor complications. By the time she wrote her autobiography, Sand had concocted a full-blown cover-up to distract from Solange's illicit birth: “I was afraid my daughter might not live since she was born prematurely as the result of a fright,” says Sand. In fact, Solange was born large and well-formed and, by all indications, at full term. The day after Solange's birth, Sand reports that she overheard her husband making love to the Spanish maid Pepita in the room next door. However, in the absence of any acknowledgment by Sand that she had also cheated on her husband, the chronological juxtaposition of these two events—Solange's birth and Casimir's conspicuous betrayal—seems contrived.
Keywords: ambivalence, Solange, illicit birth, Pepita, chronological juxtaposition, Solange's birth, Casimir's conspicuous betrayal
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- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Introduction
-
Chapter One Her Father's Daughter -
Chapter Two The Importance of Being Marie-Aurore de Saxe -
Chapter Three Sophie Victorious -
Chapter Four Spanish Sojourn -
Chapter Five Sophie's Choice -
Chapter Six Enigma of the Sphinx -
Chapter Seven Convent and Conversion -
Chapter Eight Coming of Age -
Chapter Nine Pater Semper Incertus Est -
Chapter Ten Marriage and Motherhood -
Chapter Eleven Passion in the Pyrenees -
Chapter Twelve Ready, Set, Go -
Chapter Thirteen “Our Motto is Freedom” -
Chapter Fourteen George Sand Is Born -
Chapter Fifteen A Daughter Is Born -
Chapter Sixteen The Author and the Actress -
Chapter Seventeen Sons and Lovers -
Chapter Eighteen Mother Love -
Chapter Nineteen Liaison Dangereuse -
Chapter Twenty Broken Bonds: Solange and Chopin -
Chapter Twenty-One Collateral Damage and Lucrézia Floriani -
Chapter Twenty-Two Revolution and Reverberations -
Chapter Twenty-Three Coming to Writing -
Chapter Twenty-Four Confession of a Young Girl -
Chapter Twenty-Five The Art of Loving - Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
