by George Sand · CLE International · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782090319736
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«La mare au diable» is the novel adapted by George Sand for French learners, published by CLE International in paperback (63 pages, in French).
Germain, a widowed farmer, and Marie, a young shepherdess, leave their village with Petit Pierre, his son. Germain reluctantly travels to find a wife to care for his children, while Marie sets off to work at the Ormeaux farm. The journey tests their feelings and portrays 19th-century French rural life.
George Sand's original novel was published in 1846. This edition belongs to the «Lectures CLE en français facile» collection, level 1, with a vocabulary of 600 words.
Edition designed for beginner-level French students, with recommended reading for ages 14 to 17.
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She has more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels.
