Consuelo | Consuelo

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Author: Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin
First Published: 1842
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Romance
Time of Work: The mid-eighteenth century
Setting: Venice and Central Europe
Principal Characters: Consuelo, Porpora, Anzoleto, Count Albert Rudolstadt, Joseph Haydn
Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Adventure, Gothic fiction
Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Class conflict, Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Poverty or poor people, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Mental illness, Eighteenth century, Singing or singers, Death or dying, Ambition, Composers, Nobility
Locales: Vienna, Austria, Venice, Italy, Bohemia

Consuelo is a rambling novel divided into 106 chapters, each consisting of a short scene which advances the story by slow degrees. It reflects George Sand’s own love of freedom and adventure, as well as her love of music. The story is significant to women’s issues and concerns because it illustrates the plight of a lower-class girl in a male-dominated society where opportunities are restricted to men. It illustrates Sand’s view that marriage, the only “career” open to most women, could be little better than slavery.

Consuelo | Consuelo

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