Abstract
This article analyses the narrative framing of George Sand’s La Marquise to propose that the text offers an original approach to the dilemma of young female protagonists obliged to choose between love and liberty in the conventional “marriage plots” and “libertine plots” of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Following the narrative clashes woven throughout the Marquise’s conversation with an unnamed narrator, this article identifies the points of re-entry for an alternative story to surface within the dominant cultural narrative. Here, the Marquise restages herself as sacrificing neither sexuality nor autonomy during and after her intense passion for an actor, Lélio.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 40-61 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Modern Language Review |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 15 Jan 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 2023 |