Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction xi
4. Part One: Foundations and Fault Lines
5. 1. Her Father’s Daughter 3
6. 2. The Importance of Being Marie-Aurore de Saxe 10
7. 3. Sophie Victorious 26
8. 4. Spanish Sojourn 37
9. 5. Sophie’s Choice 53
10. Part Two: Revelations and Confessions
11. 6. Enigma of the Sphinx 65
12. 7. Convent and Conversion 72
13. 8. Coming of Age 82
14. 9. Pater Semper Incertus Est 91
15. Part Three: Marriage, Motherhood, and Misgivings
16. 10. Marriage and Motherhood 101
17. 11. Passion in the Pyrenees 111
18. 12. Ready, Set, Go 118
19. 13. “Our Motto Is Freedom” 126
20. 14. George Sand Is Born 141
21. Part Four: The Daughter’s Demise
22. 15. A Daughter Is Born 151
23. 16. The Author and the Actress 160
24. 17. Sons and Lovers 172
25. 18. Mother Love 191
26. 19. Liaison Dangereuse 202
27. 20. Broken Bonds: Solange and Chopin 215
28. 21. Collateral Damage and Lucrézia Floriani 228
29. Part Five: War and Peace
30. 22. Revolution and Reverberations 239
31. 23. Coming to Writing 258
32. 24. Confession of a Young Girl 273
33. 25. The Art of Loving 285
34. Epilogue 311
35. Notes 317
36. Select Bibliography 353
37. Acknowledgments 361
38. Index 363