De J. Sand à George Sand, Rose et Blanche de Sand et Sandeau et leur descendance

The 1831 five volume novel titled Rose et Blanche ou la comédienne et la religieuse, co-authored by Aurore Dudevant and Jules Sandeau, and signed J. Sand, bears, in its style and the concerns its addresses, many indications of being in major part the work of Aurore Dudevant, later George Sand. In addition, in the themes it treats:-such as mental alienation, the monastic life, abuse of heroines, betrayal, music, the woman of genius;-it contains the seeds of some of Sand's future novels, such as Indiana (1832), Valentine (1832), Consuelo (1842-43), Le Meunier d'Angibault (1845), and Mademoiselle la Quintinie (1863). (Le Meunier d'Angibault having "Rose" as one of its main characters, and Mademoiselle la Quintinie a tragic heroine named "Blanche.") (In French) (TG)