{"product_id":"the-intimate-journal-of-george-sand-by-george-sand","title":"'The Intimate Journal of George Sand' by George Sand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDrawn from George Sand’s private journals and edited and translated from the French by Marie Jenney Howe, \u003cem\u003eThe Intimate Journal\u003c\/em\u003e catches Sand away from the monumental nineteenth-century literary persona.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its centre is the journal addressed to Alfred de Musset, written through the aftermath of their famously destructive love affair: desire, humiliation, moral argument, jealousy and self-interrogation all arrive without much interest in behaving like retrospective memoir. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSand moves easily from intimate grievance into attacks on hypocrisy and masculine authority, then back into the compromised business of loving particular people. The result is a strange hybrid of diary, confession, correspondence and philosophical fragment: nineteenth-century interiority before anyone had invented a respectable shelf for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1977 Cassandra Editions reprint reproduces Marie Jenney Howe’s 1929 English edition. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The previous owner has also added a handwritten Dorothy Parker verse to the front blank — not exactly provenance of historical consequence, but an excellent accidental paratext.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCassandra Editions \/ Academy Press Limited, 1977. Paperback reprint of the 1929 edition. Edited and translated by Marie Jenney Howe. Moderate general wear: rubbing, creasing and edgewear to covers, softened corners, age-toning internally. Handwritten Dorothy Parker verse to front blank. Binding intact.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45947239596115,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation_10.png?v=1786355987","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-intimate-journal-of-george-sand-by-george-sand","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}