Word: sands
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...trying for the team: F. B. Taylor '99, W. B. Brookings L. S., G. H. Breed '99, O. W. Richardson '99, N. P. Breed '98, E. P. Dearborn '98, G. B. Fenwick 1900, F. H. Purington '99, F. C. McLaughlin L. S., C. M. Woods '98, H. A. L. Sand L. S., G. W. Howland '98, J. S. Galbraith '99, H. K. Boutwell 1900, E. A. Bumpus L. S. S., A. G. Smith '99, R. I. Wright L. S. S., W. L. Harrington '98, A. D. Converse 1900, C. Moline 1900, H. J. Davenport 1900, S. C. Wiel...
...centuries the novel had been seeking to make a place for itself in France and had succeeded only now and then by a happy accident. It was George Sand who gave the novel the start it needed. Since then it has become one of the principal forms of French literature...
...George Sand was a born novelist. From her earliest years, it may be said that she lived by imagination, absorbed in a life of imaginary creation which put the things of real life outside of her ken. This was a result of her rural bringing up in Berry, which she loved so dearly...
There are two things to remember in considering the development of her genius. In the first place she had to suffer the contempt with which her grandmother treated her mother, who was a common work-woman. Here we see in George Sand the first seed of revolt against social institutions. Secondly, she was unhappy in her marriage and it was to plead her cause that she first became a writer...
Soon, however, George Sand gave up this style. The goodness of heart which made her sympathize with the sufferings of the people, and her love of nature widened the scope of her inspiration. She is the personification of the idealistic novel...