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First published January 1, 1841
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George Sand
2,648听books871听followersAmantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honor茅 de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She wrote more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels.
Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand advocated for women's rights and passion, criticized the institution of marriage, and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. She was considered scandalous because of her turbulent love life, her adoption of masculine clothing, and her masculine pseudonym.
Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand advocated for women's rights and passion, criticized the institution of marriage, and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. She was considered scandalous because of her turbulent love life, her adoption of masculine clothing, and her masculine pseudonym.
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September 9, 2022
I must鈥檝e borrowed this book from somebody in my teenage years. I don鈥檛 know from whom, I even asked my childhood friend if it was her. And I devoured and adored it. And then the ending was unsatisfying and I remember my heart was broken but back then I didn鈥檛 have internet and didn鈥檛 know it had a sequel!
I read it a few years later. But then I remember saving some pocket money and finally buying my own copy of Consuelo! And taking it with me on my trip to the seaside with a friend (it was Kyrylivka, currently occupied by russians btw). I took it to the beach and then we went into the sea and we were robbed! I don鈥檛 remember what they鈥檝e stolen, it must've been my mobile phone and maybe some money鈥� Who cares, they stole my book! And I haven鈥檛 even read! Bastards!
So then in the evening we returned to the beach to check trash cans because I hoped that those jerks would take what they could sell and throw other things away. Why would they even need my book, they obviously can鈥檛 read. But no luck. And that was the story of my failed re-read of this one 10-13 years ago maybe? Anyways it was in russian, so good riddance!
So that鈥檚 the story of how I got to this long overdue re-read, this time in Ukrainian. I really hope I won鈥檛 be visited by the suck fairy *fingers crossed*
Two weeks later:
Ok, I finished. I鈥檓 tired. I鈥檓 slain. It was awesome!
Where do I even begin to describe this mammoth?
This novel was serialized and it explains sometimes very episodic nature of the second half, especially, but I thought it was sewn together beautifully.
Ok, no, let鈥檚 go to the beginning. You can clearly split this book into 4 parts.
First one is a romantic story of young chaste love, jealousy and betrayal under the skies of Venice. Here Consuelo is the most angel-like, a genius singer and daughter of the road, she鈥檚 learning to become a professional artist and debuting on stage.
Second part is a gothic fairy tale that takes place in the forested mountains of Bohemia, where Consuelo meets a beautiful not-of-this-world melancholy prince who is either mad or has supernatural powers (or both) and tends to disappear for long periods of time. This is an obvious inverse of the Sleeping Beauty tale mixed with an East of the sun and West of the moon. Here Consuelo鈥檚 task is to save him. Then temptation from the former life comes into her life and she flees.
Here she learns Czech history, Hussite wars that are definitely presented here as a fight of oppressed people of the land against the powerful forein empire and also as a class struggle and socialist utopia. The unfairness of some people having it all just because of their birthright (Albert, our prince, wants to donate everything to the poor. He鈥檚 in conflict with his other aristocratic family members) and other people who have nothing but feel more free and unburdened (Consuelo and her late mother). Also rejection of catholicism that is equated with oppression.
Third part is a road trip with episodic adventures when Consuelo, dressed in the young man鈥檚 clothes, with a new musically gifted friend, intends to get to Vienna where her teacher and father figure resides. Bandits, ambushes and unexpected meetings follow.
Fourth part is Consuelo trying to build her career as an artist and to debut at the court of Maria Theresa. The questions of what it means to be a real artist and necessity to navigate intrigues and play games to get ahead make Consuelo doubt her desire for this life of the performer.
And the most over the top tragic final chapters where our beautiful prince
This book is just pure fun, extremely bingeable, Sand is an incredible storyteller and she keeps control over her cast of characters and their stories keep resolving without anybody having to be shipped off to Australia out of nowhere. The constant change of scenery, juggling different genres makes it always fresh. When she鈥檚 writing a gothic story, for example, she鈥檚 self aware and mockingly compares her writing to Ann Radcliffe鈥檚. Messing with fairy tales.
This book has a sequel that was published immediately after, so they both tell one long story. I can only imagine how disappointed I was to finish this book ages ago and not knowing their story is not over. It must鈥檝e been very unsatisfying.
Ceux de nos lecteurs qui se sont par trop fatigu茅s 脿 suivre Consuelo parmi tant de p茅rils et d'aventures, peuvent maintenant se reposer. Ceux, moins nombreux sans doute, qui se sentent encore quelque courage, apprendront dans un prochain roman, la suite de ses p茅r茅grinations, et ce qui advint du comte Albert apr猫s sa mort.
I鈥檓 on it, I'm not that tired after all!
Some famous fans:
Charlotte Bronte:
Walt Whitman:
I read it a few years later. But then I remember saving some pocket money and finally buying my own copy of Consuelo! And taking it with me on my trip to the seaside with a friend (it was Kyrylivka, currently occupied by russians btw). I took it to the beach and then we went into the sea and we were robbed! I don鈥檛 remember what they鈥檝e stolen, it must've been my mobile phone and maybe some money鈥� Who cares, they stole my book! And I haven鈥檛 even read! Bastards!
So then in the evening we returned to the beach to check trash cans because I hoped that those jerks would take what they could sell and throw other things away. Why would they even need my book, they obviously can鈥檛 read. But no luck. And that was the story of my failed re-read of this one 10-13 years ago maybe? Anyways it was in russian, so good riddance!
So that鈥檚 the story of how I got to this long overdue re-read, this time in Ukrainian. I really hope I won鈥檛 be visited by the suck fairy *fingers crossed*
Two weeks later:
Ok, I finished. I鈥檓 tired. I鈥檓 slain. It was awesome!
Where do I even begin to describe this mammoth?
This novel was serialized and it explains sometimes very episodic nature of the second half, especially, but I thought it was sewn together beautifully.
Ok, no, let鈥檚 go to the beginning. You can clearly split this book into 4 parts.
First one is a romantic story of young chaste love, jealousy and betrayal under the skies of Venice. Here Consuelo is the most angel-like, a genius singer and daughter of the road, she鈥檚 learning to become a professional artist and debuting on stage.
Second part is a gothic fairy tale that takes place in the forested mountains of Bohemia, where Consuelo meets a beautiful not-of-this-world melancholy prince who is either mad or has supernatural powers (or both) and tends to disappear for long periods of time. This is an obvious inverse of the Sleeping Beauty tale mixed with an East of the sun and West of the moon. Here Consuelo鈥檚 task is to save him. Then temptation from the former life comes into her life and she flees.
Here she learns Czech history, Hussite wars that are definitely presented here as a fight of oppressed people of the land against the powerful forein empire and also as a class struggle and socialist utopia. The unfairness of some people having it all just because of their birthright (Albert, our prince, wants to donate everything to the poor. He鈥檚 in conflict with his other aristocratic family members) and other people who have nothing but feel more free and unburdened (Consuelo and her late mother). Also rejection of catholicism that is equated with oppression.
Third part is a road trip with episodic adventures when Consuelo, dressed in the young man鈥檚 clothes, with a new musically gifted friend, intends to get to Vienna where her teacher and father figure resides. Bandits, ambushes and unexpected meetings follow.
Fourth part is Consuelo trying to build her career as an artist and to debut at the court of Maria Theresa. The questions of what it means to be a real artist and necessity to navigate intrigues and play games to get ahead make Consuelo doubt her desire for this life of the performer.
And the most over the top tragic final chapters where our beautiful prince
This book is just pure fun, extremely bingeable, Sand is an incredible storyteller and she keeps control over her cast of characters and their stories keep resolving without anybody having to be shipped off to Australia out of nowhere. The constant change of scenery, juggling different genres makes it always fresh. When she鈥檚 writing a gothic story, for example, she鈥檚 self aware and mockingly compares her writing to Ann Radcliffe鈥檚. Messing with fairy tales.
This book has a sequel that was published immediately after, so they both tell one long story. I can only imagine how disappointed I was to finish this book ages ago and not knowing their story is not over. It must鈥檝e been very unsatisfying.
Ceux de nos lecteurs qui se sont par trop fatigu茅s 脿 suivre Consuelo parmi tant de p茅rils et d'aventures, peuvent maintenant se reposer. Ceux, moins nombreux sans doute, qui se sentent encore quelque courage, apprendront dans un prochain roman, la suite de ses p茅r茅grinations, et ce qui advint du comte Albert apr猫s sa mort.
I鈥檓 on it, I'm not that tired after all!
Some famous fans:
Charlotte Bronte:
Walt Whitman:
January 16, 2010
This is a spectacular book for me but maybe no one else anywhere will read with great pleasure 816 pages of lively adventures of an 18th century opera singer! She has a wonderfully independent, modest and gracious temperament, and wanders from Venice through a gothic Bohemia to the Vienna of Maria Theresa on her path. Historical musicians and other artists appear as characters, e.g. Haydn, Porpora, Metastasio. Highly recommended to fans of 19th century nnovels!
July 25, 2011
I can't remember what made me pick up this mammoth of a book. Maybe George Sand was mentioned in my French lessons as a teenager and subconsciously made me choose it. And I don't regret it, even after taking me a month to finish and putting it down several times to read other books.
It is a delightful book. Full of interesting events, ranging from the scandals and maliciousness of the opera world to the consequences of war, passing through the supernatural. It a tour of Europe and it's different peoples and usages. All all this done with easy and with amazing characters.
Consuelo is a wonderful character. She is quite stereotypical in the sense that every man she meets falls head over heels in love with her, and as every heroine she is so goodhearted that even Christ has a problem keeping up with her. But on the other hand she is exceptional because she dresses as a man (reflecting what George Sand herself did), is an emancipated woman earning her own living, not actively searching for a husband and not fainting every five minutes.
What probably stops me giving it 5 stars is that I am not overly interested in classical music, that I read in French (don't ask why: moment of transitory madness) and the Count. I find him deeply annoying. If he had stayed as mad as when we first find him I probably would have understood him dying in the end and he would have cut a romantic character. As he stands he is rather pathetic, the completely antithesis of Consuelo. Why would she consider giving up her career for him?
January 12, 2020
Consuelo along with La Comtesse de Rudolstadt are among my favourite nineteen century novels. It's George Sand's masterpiece and bizarrely they were the books she wrote in the worst of times, always on the run, always on deadline. Writing in the dead of night, after all the visitors were asleep, sitting in her little cupboard, writing, writing until 4 am, sending the pages barely edited to Paris from Nohant to be published in the paper. Consuelo started out as a novel about music, opera and Venice. It gives the reader a wonderful view of the time, the people who had power and how a diva was made. But it went sideways because Sand needed money, because she was an amazingly curious writer and she became enamoured with Bohemia, its history, its legends. And Consuelo took a turn for the gothic and dramatic with her lead character on the road with a very young Haydn finding refuge in a very mysterious castle.
There's a star cross love story, a dramatic ending, a wonderful, wonderful female lead, a mysterious, gothic lead male character full of angst, music, mysticism all mixed to form an operatic kinda novel.
I still love it to pieces.
There's a star cross love story, a dramatic ending, a wonderful, wonderful female lead, a mysterious, gothic lead male character full of angst, music, mysticism all mixed to form an operatic kinda novel.
I still love it to pieces.
December 4, 2024
This one was my favorite during years of adolescence. I love how she follows him into the grotto and how he catches her singing and then feverishly trying to jump out the window. I skipped a lot of the historical Chech ruminatings that he was so obsessed on. Still think its one of the most powerful love stories with lots of interesting plot twists. I love her character - so passive, yet so determined and strong. All the family members in the castle were very endearing, especially in that they came around in the end. The sequel was too weird, masons and all, not nearly as good as this book.
December 26, 2012
Just arrived from France through BM.
This book starts as a "nouvelle venitienne" where Consuelo is good to singing. After that, the author changes the scenery to a castle in Boheme, then to Vienna (at the relevant time when Haydn debuted) and then to Berlin under the reign of Frederic.
This huge book was written as a serial book and sometimes we loose track on the main story.
This sequel is
This book starts as a "nouvelle venitienne" where Consuelo is good to singing. After that, the author changes the scenery to a castle in Boheme, then to Vienna (at the relevant time when Haydn debuted) and then to Berlin under the reign of Frederic.
This huge book was written as a serial book and sometimes we loose track on the main story.
This sequel is
July 15, 2022
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2 写褝胁褌褝褉 斜芯谢谐芯薪 屑芯薪谐芯谢 褏褝谢薪褝褝 袗屑邪褉 芯褉褔褍褍谢邪谐褔懈泄薪 褏懈褔褝褝谢 蟹爷褌谐褝谢褝褝褉 斜懈写褝薪写 褏爷褉褔褝褝. 校泄写邪邪屑谐爷泄 褋芯薪懈褉褏芯谢 褌邪褌邪褏褍泄褑 褌褍褋 薪芯屑芯薪写 袣芯薪褋褍褝谢芯 褏褝屑褝褝褏 写褍褍褔 斜爷褋谐爷泄薪 褌褍褏邪泄 萤谐爷爷谢薪褝. 校褉邪薪 褑褝褑褝薪 斜懈褔谢褝谐懈泄薪 褏褝胁懈泄谐 褝褏 褏褝谢薪褝褝 斜褍褍谢谐邪褏写邪邪 褟屑邪褉 褔 邪谢写邪邪 屑邪写邪谐谐爷泄, 褟褉褍褍 褕懈谐褌谐褝屑褝谢 爷谐薪爷爷写褝褝褉 褌萤谢萤萤谢爷爷谢褋褝薪 薪褜 薪芯屑 褍薪褕懈褏 爷械写 褌邪薪褘谐 屑萤薪褏爷爷 褌邪褌薪邪.
袞懈褕褝褝 薪褜: 褍褍褉褌邪泄谐邪邪褋 褌褝薪褝谐 薪褜 写邪胁褋邪薪, 邪褞褍谢褌邪泄谐邪邪褋邪邪 褏芯褉芯薪 褋邪薪邪邪 薪褜 写邪胁褋邪薪鈥� 谐褝褏 屑褝褌 褌邪薪褋邪谐 芯褉褔褍褍谢谐邪褌邪泄. 袞芯褉卸 小邪薪写 蟹芯褏懈芯谢褔懈泄薪 鈥溞樞叫葱感靶� 褏爷爷褏褝薪鈥� 薪芯屑褘谐 屑萤薪 袗屑邪褉 芯褉褔褍褍谢邪谐褔 芯褉褔褍褍谢褋邪薪 谐褝褏 褌邪泄谢斜邪褉褘谐 褍薪褕邪邪写 褌褝褉 薪芯屑褘谐 褔 斜邪褋 芯谢卸 褍薪褕懈褏邪邪褉 褋褝褌谐褝谢 褕褍谢褍褍写邪胁.
鈥π佳嵮嵭承感剐窖呇嵮� 褏褝谢谢褝谐懈泄谐 褝褉谐褝薪 褋邪薪褍褍谢褋邪薪 2 爷谐 薪芯屑薪芯芯 写褍褉写邪谐写褋邪薪 薪褜 邪泄, 斜褍褉褏邪薪 谐褍褉胁邪薪 褝褉写褝薪褝鈥� 斜邪褋 褌褍褍卸褍褍 谐褝褋褝薪 爷谐褋 斜邪泄谢邪邪. 袗谢褜 褔 薪芯屑薪芯芯褋 褍薪褕懈卸 斜邪泄谐邪邪谐爷泄, 斜邪褋 褏爷爷褏褝写 薪邪褋薪褘 写褍褉褋邪屑卸 褋褝褉谐褝褝卸 褝屑褝褝谐褝褝 褏芯褢褉芯薪褌芯芯 褋邪薪邪谢邪邪鈥�
February 10, 2014
Not everyone can dare to read a 800-pages long novel about a singer from the 18th century. But since I have a special predilection towards historical books (especially those about the middle Ages), I couldn't leave this book unread.
The novel is very absorbing and addictive; especially the second part of the novel stunned me with the veracity and vivid descriptions of the sensual and sensitive worlds of the characters.
Even if the book doesn't have a strong moralistic aspect or special genius in it, it still made me a better person thanks to its light, honest, pure, and rightful characters.
I look forward to reading the continuation in Sand's next novel.
The novel is very absorbing and addictive; especially the second part of the novel stunned me with the veracity and vivid descriptions of the sensual and sensitive worlds of the characters.
Even if the book doesn't have a strong moralistic aspect or special genius in it, it still made me a better person thanks to its light, honest, pure, and rightful characters.
I look forward to reading the continuation in Sand's next novel.
May 29, 2020
Phew. That was an extremely long ride.
I tried very hard to find a reason why I should give this book at least 3 stars, but unfortunately it did not happen. I never thought I would dislike a novel just because it was too long; I always felt that length was a very superficial and silly reason to base a judgement on a book, and I never understood readers who complained about it. Now I can see that so far I have been fortunate enough to meet only greatly written tomes, where you don't even notice how long they are while reading them. This is not the case with Consuelo by George Sand.
This book - perhaps following the era's hip tradition - is practically an essay novel; the story itself is almost merely a reason for Sand to write (really) long passages on the meaning of art, religion, history, whatnot. These parts usually manifest themselves as lengthy monologues by one of the characters (generally one of the main ones), and they go on and on and on for multiple pages. Quite often they enunciate these extensive essays out of nowhere, with no connection to the story and the events whatsoever, frequently interrupting the narrative. (At one point, we, the readers have to crawl through a gazillion pages of the history of the Hussite movement and the Bohemian Reformation, and in the end the 'presenter' asks his listener, the heroine, 'I hope I haven't bored you too much'; at which point I started to scream, 'Oh, yes, you son-of-a-b...., you have, you have!') Added to this, the actual content of these parts, the thoughts and ideas they convey are very dated and incredibly naive (naive as in 'silly').
If all this weren't enough to throw the book down, George Sand's writing style would surely make you do so. Her bombastic rants are essentially unbearable to read through without rolling your eyes or laughing out loudly (and not with delight, let me assure you). To say that she is melodramatically sentimental, is a strong, strong understatement.
That said, the story itself would not be too bad (hence my 2 stars and not just one), and in spite of the completely idiotic and silly heroine you do want to know (up to a certain point) what is happening to her and her environment; but in order to learn that you need to chew down 800+ exhausting, tedious and tiresome pages. If an editor cut out at least third (or more) of the novel, and just leave the story line, this book would be a decent read. In this form though, it is on its well-deserved way to become a forgotten classic.
I tried very hard to find a reason why I should give this book at least 3 stars, but unfortunately it did not happen. I never thought I would dislike a novel just because it was too long; I always felt that length was a very superficial and silly reason to base a judgement on a book, and I never understood readers who complained about it. Now I can see that so far I have been fortunate enough to meet only greatly written tomes, where you don't even notice how long they are while reading them. This is not the case with Consuelo by George Sand.
This book - perhaps following the era's hip tradition - is practically an essay novel; the story itself is almost merely a reason for Sand to write (really) long passages on the meaning of art, religion, history, whatnot. These parts usually manifest themselves as lengthy monologues by one of the characters (generally one of the main ones), and they go on and on and on for multiple pages. Quite often they enunciate these extensive essays out of nowhere, with no connection to the story and the events whatsoever, frequently interrupting the narrative. (At one point, we, the readers have to crawl through a gazillion pages of the history of the Hussite movement and the Bohemian Reformation, and in the end the 'presenter' asks his listener, the heroine, 'I hope I haven't bored you too much'; at which point I started to scream, 'Oh, yes, you son-of-a-b...., you have, you have!') Added to this, the actual content of these parts, the thoughts and ideas they convey are very dated and incredibly naive (naive as in 'silly').
If all this weren't enough to throw the book down, George Sand's writing style would surely make you do so. Her bombastic rants are essentially unbearable to read through without rolling your eyes or laughing out loudly (and not with delight, let me assure you). To say that she is melodramatically sentimental, is a strong, strong understatement.
That said, the story itself would not be too bad (hence my 2 stars and not just one), and in spite of the completely idiotic and silly heroine you do want to know (up to a certain point) what is happening to her and her environment; but in order to learn that you need to chew down 800+ exhausting, tedious and tiresome pages. If an editor cut out at least third (or more) of the novel, and just leave the story line, this book would be a decent read. In this form though, it is on its well-deserved way to become a forgotten classic.
March 8, 2018
袣芯谢懈褋褜 褑械泄 褉芯屑邪薪 斜褍胁 褍 褋锌懈褋泻褍 写芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 薪邪 屑芯褦屑褍 泻褍褉褋褨 蟹邪褉褍斜褨卸薪芯褩 谢褨褌械褉邪褌褍褉懈. 携 褉邪写邪, 褖芯 褌芯写褨 写芯 薪褜芯谐芯 薪械 胁蟹褟谢邪褋褟, 邪写卸械 胁褌褉邪褌懈谢邪 斜 斜邪谐邪褌芯 写芯褉芯谐芯褑褨薪薪芯谐芯 褔邪褋褍 薪邪 锌褨写谐芯褌芯胁泻褍 写芯 蟹邪谢褨泻褍.
袩芯-锌械褉褕械, 谐芯谢芯胁薪邪 谐械褉芯褩薪褟, 袣芯薪褋褍械谢芯, 胁懈褟胁懈谢邪褋褟 褨写械邪谢褜薪芯褞 写褨胁褔懈薪芯褞 蟹邪 芯褑褨薪泻芯褞 邪胁褌芯褉泻懈. 袙芯薪邪 褋泻褉芯屑薪邪, 锌褉懈褟蟹薪邪 褌邪 薪邪斜芯卸薪邪, 褨 褑械 褉芯斜懈褌褜 褩褩 薪褍写薪芯褞. 袊泄 胁褋械 胁写邪褦褌褜褋褟, 褍褋褨 褩褩 褋褍锌械褉薪懈泻懈 胁褉械褕褌褨-褉械褕褌 蟹邪蟹薪邪褞褌褜 薪械胁写邪褔褨 锌械褉械写 谢懈褑械屑 褩褩 褔械褋薪芯褌, 谢懈褏芯写褨褩 褋褏懈谢褟褞褌褜 锌械褉械写 薪械褞 谐芯谢芯胁褍. 袛芯 胁褋褜芯谐芯 袣芯薪褋褍械谢芯 斜褉邪泻褍褦 蟹写芯褉芯胁芯谐芯 谐谢褍蟹写褍: 泻芯谢懈 褩泄 锌芯胁褨写芯屑谢褟褞褌褜 锌褉芯 锌褋懈褏褨褔薪械 蟹邪褏胁芯褉褞胁邪薪薪褟 芯写薪芯谐芯 屑芯谢芯写芯谐芯 谐褉邪褎邪, 胁芯薪邪 褋褏懈谢褜薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪褌懈蟹褍胁邪褌懈 褌邪 褨写械邪谢褨蟹褍胁邪褌懈 褑械泄 褋褌邪薪.
袩芯-写褉褍谐械, 褍 胁褋械褋胁褨褌褨 褑褜芯谐芯 褉芯屑邪薪褍 褟泻懈屑芯褋褜 褔懈薪芯屑 褨褋薪褍褦 锌邪褉邪薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪械, 褏芯褔邪 褌胁褨褉 薪械 锌芯蟹懈褑褨芯薪褍褦 褋械斜械 褟泻 屑褨褋褌懈褔薪懈泄. 袗胁褌芯褉泻邪 褋褌胁械褉写卸褍褦, 褖芯 褨褋薪褍褞褌褜 锌芯锌械褉械写薪褨 卸懈褌褌褟 褌邪 械泻褋褌褉邪褋械薪褋懈 褌邪 薪邪写褨谢褟褦 芯写薪芯谐芯 蟹 锌褉芯胁褨写薪懈褏 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨胁 薪邪写锌褉懈褉芯写薪懈屑懈 褋懈谢邪屑懈.
小褞卸械褌 褌褟谐薪械褌褜褋褟 泄 褌褟谐薪械褌褜褋褟, 褨 褟 蟹屑褍褕械薪邪 斜褍谢邪 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈褌懈褋褟 蟹 薪械褋泻褨薪褔械薪薪芯褞 薪懈蟹泻芯褞 薪芯胁懈褏 谐械褉芯褩胁. 袗 芯褌 褎褨薪邪谢褍, 蟹邪 褨褉芯薪褨褦褞 写芯谢褨, 锌褉懈写褨谢械薪芯 写褍卸械 屑邪谢芯 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻.
袦芯卸薪邪 褔懈褌邪褌懈, 谢懈褕械 褟泻褖芯 锌褨写 褉褍泻芯褞 薪械屑邪褦 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 薪褨褔芯谐芯, 胁泻谢褞褔薪芯 蟹 屑芯斜褨谢褜薪懈屑 褨薪褌械褉薪械褌芯屑.
袩芯-锌械褉褕械, 谐芯谢芯胁薪邪 谐械褉芯褩薪褟, 袣芯薪褋褍械谢芯, 胁懈褟胁懈谢邪褋褟 褨写械邪谢褜薪芯褞 写褨胁褔懈薪芯褞 蟹邪 芯褑褨薪泻芯褞 邪胁褌芯褉泻懈. 袙芯薪邪 褋泻褉芯屑薪邪, 锌褉懈褟蟹薪邪 褌邪 薪邪斜芯卸薪邪, 褨 褑械 褉芯斜懈褌褜 褩褩 薪褍写薪芯褞. 袊泄 胁褋械 胁写邪褦褌褜褋褟, 褍褋褨 褩褩 褋褍锌械褉薪懈泻懈 胁褉械褕褌褨-褉械褕褌 蟹邪蟹薪邪褞褌褜 薪械胁写邪褔褨 锌械褉械写 谢懈褑械屑 褩褩 褔械褋薪芯褌, 谢懈褏芯写褨褩 褋褏懈谢褟褞褌褜 锌械褉械写 薪械褞 谐芯谢芯胁褍. 袛芯 胁褋褜芯谐芯 袣芯薪褋褍械谢芯 斜褉邪泻褍褦 蟹写芯褉芯胁芯谐芯 谐谢褍蟹写褍: 泻芯谢懈 褩泄 锌芯胁褨写芯屑谢褟褞褌褜 锌褉芯 锌褋懈褏褨褔薪械 蟹邪褏胁芯褉褞胁邪薪薪褟 芯写薪芯谐芯 屑芯谢芯写芯谐芯 谐褉邪褎邪, 胁芯薪邪 褋褏懈谢褜薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪褌懈蟹褍胁邪褌懈 褌邪 褨写械邪谢褨蟹褍胁邪褌懈 褑械泄 褋褌邪薪.
袩芯-写褉褍谐械, 褍 胁褋械褋胁褨褌褨 褑褜芯谐芯 褉芯屑邪薪褍 褟泻懈屑芯褋褜 褔懈薪芯屑 褨褋薪褍褦 锌邪褉邪薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪械, 褏芯褔邪 褌胁褨褉 薪械 锌芯蟹懈褑褨芯薪褍褦 褋械斜械 褟泻 屑褨褋褌懈褔薪懈泄. 袗胁褌芯褉泻邪 褋褌胁械褉写卸褍褦, 褖芯 褨褋薪褍褞褌褜 锌芯锌械褉械写薪褨 卸懈褌褌褟 褌邪 械泻褋褌褉邪褋械薪褋懈 褌邪 薪邪写褨谢褟褦 芯写薪芯谐芯 蟹 锌褉芯胁褨写薪懈褏 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨胁 薪邪写锌褉懈褉芯写薪懈屑懈 褋懈谢邪屑懈.
小褞卸械褌 褌褟谐薪械褌褜褋褟 泄 褌褟谐薪械褌褜褋褟, 褨 褟 蟹屑褍褕械薪邪 斜褍谢邪 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈褌懈褋褟 蟹 薪械褋泻褨薪褔械薪薪芯褞 薪懈蟹泻芯褞 薪芯胁懈褏 谐械褉芯褩胁. 袗 芯褌 褎褨薪邪谢褍, 蟹邪 褨褉芯薪褨褦褞 写芯谢褨, 锌褉懈写褨谢械薪芯 写褍卸械 屑邪谢芯 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻.
袦芯卸薪邪 褔懈褌邪褌懈, 谢懈褕械 褟泻褖芯 锌褨写 褉褍泻芯褞 薪械屑邪褦 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 薪褨褔芯谐芯, 胁泻谢褞褔薪芯 蟹 屑芯斜褨谢褜薪懈屑 褨薪褌械褉薪械褌芯屑.
December 19, 2020
Read this first time when i was 11 or 12, i think.
Re-read it now and still think it is good.
In many ways it written so lovely, it is very naive sometimes and the characters are so oblivious to the world's darker side.
Lovely read.
Re-read it now and still think it is good.
In many ways it written so lovely, it is very naive sometimes and the characters are so oblivious to the world's darker side.
Lovely read.
February 16, 2025
Gr膩mata, kas t膩 garlaikoja, ka moc墨ju, moc墨ju, bet t膩 ar墨 nesp膿ju to izlas墨t l墨dz galam.
July 9, 2015
Sna啪铆m si urovnat my拧lenky. Bol铆 m臎 hlava. Jsem zahlcena dojmy. Tak se to pokus铆m vz铆t od za膷谩tku.
膶谩st p艡铆b臎hu, kter媒 se odehr谩val v Ben谩tk谩ch, nejsp铆拧e zap暖sobil na mou romantickou du拧enku. Zamilovala jsem si jej a p艡esto啪e tu拧铆m, 啪e je to pr谩v臎 naopak, pova啪uju tu 膷谩st, z m茅ho pohledu, za nejpoveden臎j拧铆. Anzoletto byl jednodu拧e postava, kter谩 m臎la n臎co do sebe a i mistr Porpora se mi tam zd谩l "milej拧铆". Snad jen Consuela mi nesed臎la, byla zak艡iknut谩, nebo sp铆拧e a啪 moc d暖v臎艡iv谩, jako d铆t臎. A mo啪n谩 啪e ta jej铆 nevinnost a naprost谩 absence sobeckosti spole膷n臎 s u拧l谩pnutou pokorou ud臎lalo z t茅 膷谩sti takov媒 sladkoboln媒 煤sek.
P艡铆b臎h se pak p艡elil do jin茅 膷谩sti. Z po膷谩rku jsem si myslela, 啪e automaticky, nijak drasticky 膷i "k艡iklav臎". Te膹 s odstupoem se mi to zd谩 trochu raz铆c铆, av拧ak... takov茅 p艡铆b臎hy maj铆 b媒t, ne? P艡ekvapiv茅. :) Skoro je mi l铆to 艡铆ct, 啪e se mi ta 膷铆st moc nel铆bila. Byla znovu perfektn臎 propracovan谩, av拧ak tro拧ku mimo mou ligu. Prob铆rala se tam t茅mata, kter媒m ani nem暖啪u porozum臎t. Av拧ak... av拧ak p艡e膷etla jsem to a zas 'tolik' se nenudila. A to se mi bohu啪el dost 膷asto u star拧铆ch knih st谩v谩. To je tak茅 fakt, kter媒 by nem臎l z暖stat opomenut媒. Na dobu, kdy byla kniha napsan谩, je to ur膷it臎 obdivuhodn媒 p艡铆b臎h. Nejsem si jist谩, kdy za膷ala 啪ensk谩 emancipace a kdy se za膷ali uzn谩vat "voln臎j拧铆 vztahy", ale tu拧铆m, 啪e v t茅 dob臎 to zas tolik "podporovan茅" nebylo.
Posledn铆 etapa knihy (mo啪n谩 by se dala rozd臎lit na dv臎), podobn臎j拧铆 prvn铆, m臎 u啪 sp铆拧e unavovala. P艡esto jsem trp臎liv臎 a nedo膷kav臎 ub铆hala ke konci. Mo啪n谩 m臎 zklamal. Asi jsem 膷ekala n臎co jin茅ho. (A asi je mi z n臎j smutno. Mo啪n谩 jsem st谩le je拧t臎 v 拧oku, proto啪e zbytek 'm臎' st谩le dob铆h谩, zanech谩n v polovin臎 kni啪ky, kdy啪 jsem tak ho艡e膷nat臎 sp臎chala ke konci.. :):
Kniha se 膷etla dob艡e, byla p臎kn谩, postavy byly jednodu拧e perfektn铆. "Ne膷ekan臎" na m臎 zap暖sobil nejv铆ce Anzoletto, byl opravdu z谩艡iv谩 postava, kterou v谩s Sandov谩 donutila si zamilovat a pot茅 j铆 za膷铆t opovrhovat. Chjo.
Popravd臎, dnes nezn谩m 啪谩dn茅ho 膷lov臎ka podobn茅ho Consuele v prvn铆, druh茅 i t艡et铆 膷谩sti knihy. Osobn臎 ur膷it臎 ne. A mo啪n谩 to j铆 dod谩v谩 tu tajemnost, to j铆 dodalo to 'v铆ce', d铆ky kter茅mu m臎 p艡铆b臎h strhl. Jsem opravdu r谩da, 啪e jsem na knihu narazila. :)
(Asi u啪 v铆m, pro膷 m臎 tak bol铆 hlava. N臎kdy Sandov谩 psala moc slo啪it谩 a zdlouhav谩 souv臎t铆. D臎kuju p臎kn臎.)
膶谩st p艡铆b臎hu, kter媒 se odehr谩val v Ben谩tk谩ch, nejsp铆拧e zap暖sobil na mou romantickou du拧enku. Zamilovala jsem si jej a p艡esto啪e tu拧铆m, 啪e je to pr谩v臎 naopak, pova啪uju tu 膷谩st, z m茅ho pohledu, za nejpoveden臎j拧铆. Anzoletto byl jednodu拧e postava, kter谩 m臎la n臎co do sebe a i mistr Porpora se mi tam zd谩l "milej拧铆". Snad jen Consuela mi nesed臎la, byla zak艡iknut谩, nebo sp铆拧e a啪 moc d暖v臎艡iv谩, jako d铆t臎. A mo啪n谩 啪e ta jej铆 nevinnost a naprost谩 absence sobeckosti spole膷n臎 s u拧l谩pnutou pokorou ud臎lalo z t茅 膷谩sti takov媒 sladkoboln媒 煤sek.
P艡铆b臎h se pak p艡elil do jin茅 膷谩sti. Z po膷谩rku jsem si myslela, 啪e automaticky, nijak drasticky 膷i "k艡iklav臎". Te膹 s odstupoem se mi to zd谩 trochu raz铆c铆, av拧ak... takov茅 p艡铆b臎hy maj铆 b媒t, ne? P艡ekvapiv茅. :) Skoro je mi l铆to 艡铆ct, 啪e se mi ta 膷铆st moc nel铆bila. Byla znovu perfektn臎 propracovan谩, av拧ak tro拧ku mimo mou ligu. Prob铆rala se tam t茅mata, kter媒m ani nem暖啪u porozum臎t. Av拧ak... av拧ak p艡e膷etla jsem to a zas 'tolik' se nenudila. A to se mi bohu啪el dost 膷asto u star拧铆ch knih st谩v谩. To je tak茅 fakt, kter媒 by nem臎l z暖stat opomenut媒. Na dobu, kdy byla kniha napsan谩, je to ur膷it臎 obdivuhodn媒 p艡铆b臎h. Nejsem si jist谩, kdy za膷ala 啪ensk谩 emancipace a kdy se za膷ali uzn谩vat "voln臎j拧铆 vztahy", ale tu拧铆m, 啪e v t茅 dob臎 to zas tolik "podporovan茅" nebylo.
Posledn铆 etapa knihy (mo啪n谩 by se dala rozd臎lit na dv臎), podobn臎j拧铆 prvn铆, m臎 u啪 sp铆拧e unavovala. P艡esto jsem trp臎liv臎 a nedo膷kav臎 ub铆hala ke konci. Mo啪n谩 m臎 zklamal. Asi jsem 膷ekala n臎co jin茅ho. (A asi je mi z n臎j smutno. Mo啪n谩 jsem st谩le je拧t臎 v 拧oku, proto啪e zbytek 'm臎' st谩le dob铆h谩, zanech谩n v polovin臎 kni啪ky, kdy啪 jsem tak ho艡e膷nat臎 sp臎chala ke konci.. :):
Kniha se 膷etla dob艡e, byla p臎kn谩, postavy byly jednodu拧e perfektn铆. "Ne膷ekan臎" na m臎 zap暖sobil nejv铆ce Anzoletto, byl opravdu z谩艡iv谩 postava, kterou v谩s Sandov谩 donutila si zamilovat a pot茅 j铆 za膷铆t opovrhovat. Chjo.
Popravd臎, dnes nezn谩m 啪谩dn茅ho 膷lov臎ka podobn茅ho Consuele v prvn铆, druh茅 i t艡et铆 膷谩sti knihy. Osobn臎 ur膷it臎 ne. A mo啪n谩 to j铆 dod谩v谩 tu tajemnost, to j铆 dodalo to 'v铆ce', d铆ky kter茅mu m臎 p艡铆b臎h strhl. Jsem opravdu r谩da, 啪e jsem na knihu narazila. :)
(Asi u啪 v铆m, pro膷 m臎 tak bol铆 hlava. N臎kdy Sandov谩 psala moc slo啪it谩 a zdlouhav谩 souv臎t铆. D臎kuju p臎kn臎.)
February 10, 2017
It is as good as a classical literature can be, in the way it is good. When judging the books like that you should mention a few points and remember that the mentality and the purpose of writing differed from today's.
So I would say that I liked this book, I gave 5 stars to it because it shows the problems of women, their life and, moreover, from the point of view of a singer, a girl with casual appearance but perfect voice.
I liked the plot and the main character, but I am not sure if I want to read it once again. Not because the book was bad, but because it is the book to-be red but not to be re-read, at least for me.
So I would say that I liked this book, I gave 5 stars to it because it shows the problems of women, their life and, moreover, from the point of view of a singer, a girl with casual appearance but perfect voice.
I liked the plot and the main character, but I am not sure if I want to read it once again. Not because the book was bad, but because it is the book to-be red but not to be re-read, at least for me.
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July 29, 2011Simply brilliant. In Consuelo, Sand examines the relationship between music, religious fervor, love, and insanity, among other things, whilst tossing in numerous fascinating historical figures from the 18th century. And even at the end of 800 pages, you feel as though you could keep on reading the young Porporina's adventures for another 10,000 pages. Thankfully there's a sequel!
April 22, 2008
I have no recollection what prompted me to pick up this behemoth, which one would be tempted to call overly florid and verbose if it didn't kick so much ass. A complex story, well-developed characters, plenty of romance and intrigue鈥攊t all makes for a marvelously enjoyable read.
May 13, 2016
Les premiers chapitres sont geniaux mais quelque part au milieu du livre l'histoire est devenue bizarre. C'est dommage car le style d'ecriture est magnifique.
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May 7, 2022Un bien long roman qui m锚le la vie, les rumeurs et les coulisses hypocrites du monde de la musique ; une rencontre au carrefour du gothique et du religieux ; des m茅saventures lors d鈥檜n voyage d茅guis茅e en homme.
Si les parties tr猫s port茅es sur la religion m鈥檕nt moins int茅ress茅e, j鈥檃i beaucoup aim茅 le reste. C鈥檈st un roman cons茅quent mais subdivis茅 en plusieurs 芦听arcs听禄, chacun ayant ses personnages, ses secrets, ses mouvements de pouvoir et d鈥檕bstacles 脿 surmonter pour notre h茅ro茂ne. J鈥檃i appr茅ci茅 voir le d茅veloppement de Consuelo, sa capacit茅 脿 garder son int茅grit茅 tout en 茅tant intelligente et ind茅pendante. Sa rencontre avec Joseph Haydn et leurs m茅saventures jusqu鈥櫭� Vienne sont g茅niales 脿 lire. C鈥檈st 脿 ce moment-l脿 que Consuelo se r茅v猫le ing茅nieuse et approche au plus pr猫s d鈥檜ne v茅ritable ind茅pendance. Parce que malheureusement, une femme 脿 cette 茅poque est la plus libre lorsqu鈥檈lle devient veuve ou lorsqu鈥檈lle se d茅guise en homme鈥�
Toujours aussi heureuse de d茅couvrir toute l鈥櫯搖vre de George Sand, je continuerai 脿 lire chacun de ces livres. Je suis d鈥檃illeurs surprise (et triste) que les 艙uvres de cette autrice ne soient pas tant lues dans la booktube/bookstagram sph猫res鈥�
Oh ! Attention par contre aux remarques antis茅mites et racistes de notre bien-aim茅e George Sand鈥�
Si les parties tr猫s port茅es sur la religion m鈥檕nt moins int茅ress茅e, j鈥檃i beaucoup aim茅 le reste. C鈥檈st un roman cons茅quent mais subdivis茅 en plusieurs 芦听arcs听禄, chacun ayant ses personnages, ses secrets, ses mouvements de pouvoir et d鈥檕bstacles 脿 surmonter pour notre h茅ro茂ne. J鈥檃i appr茅ci茅 voir le d茅veloppement de Consuelo, sa capacit茅 脿 garder son int茅grit茅 tout en 茅tant intelligente et ind茅pendante. Sa rencontre avec Joseph Haydn et leurs m茅saventures jusqu鈥櫭� Vienne sont g茅niales 脿 lire. C鈥檈st 脿 ce moment-l脿 que Consuelo se r茅v猫le ing茅nieuse et approche au plus pr猫s d鈥檜ne v茅ritable ind茅pendance. Parce que malheureusement, une femme 脿 cette 茅poque est la plus libre lorsqu鈥檈lle devient veuve ou lorsqu鈥檈lle se d茅guise en homme鈥�
Toujours aussi heureuse de d茅couvrir toute l鈥櫯搖vre de George Sand, je continuerai 脿 lire chacun de ces livres. Je suis d鈥檃illeurs surprise (et triste) que les 艙uvres de cette autrice ne soient pas tant lues dans la booktube/bookstagram sph猫res鈥�
Oh ! Attention par contre aux remarques antis茅mites et racistes de notre bien-aim茅e George Sand鈥�
April 10, 2025
Es izlas墨ju tikai pirmo gr膩matu (no div膩m). Otro vismaz pagaid膩m nelas墨拧u. Laba valoda (labs tulkojums), v膿sturiskais fons, izteiksm墨gi t膿li, bet kopum膩 viss velkas tik l膿ni un smagn膿ji, ka man bija gr奴ti notur膿t uzman墨bu. Laikam esmu p膩r膩k moderns cilv膿ks, kuram vajag dinamisk膩ku virz墨bu, ne tik lielus apcer膿jumus, kuriem princip膩 nebija lielas noz墨mes, tik vien, k膩 iejusties atmosf膿r膩. Bet t膩 jau nov膿rt膿ju autores lielo darbu.
December 27, 2020
Couldn't put it down. I wish I could have found an edition with fewer typos/errors in translation (the paperback I read was not the edition pictured here with the red cover), but enjoyed it immensely. The characters leap off the page, and now I guess I have to track down the sequel!
June 1, 2021
携 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪谢邪!!! 袦褨褋褟褑褜 褔懈褌邪谢邪))) 袦械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褜, 斜芯 褟 谢褞斜谢褞 泻谢邪褋懈泻褍. 袩芯褌褉褨斜薪邪 褌械锌械褉 2 泻薪懈卸泻邪, 邪谢械 薪械 胁锌械胁薪械薪邪, 褖芯 胁芯薪邪 褦 胁 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻芯屑褍 锌械褉械泻谢邪写褨
May 17, 2023
Ce fut une belle lecture.
Consuelo est une jeune v茅nitienne, orpheline, d'origine gitane, cantatrice comme le monde n'en a pas entendu jusque l脿. Elle repr茅sente l'ART et la VERTU en lettres majuscules. Guid茅e par le beau, le bon et le vrai, elle se fraie un chemin 脿 elle alors qu'elle c么toie de grands artistes, des t锚tes couronn茅es, des m茅chants, des ambitieux. Elle est parfois exasp茅rante de bont茅, mais c'est le seul personnage qui porte 脿 certains moments du doute, des conflits int茅rieurs notamment par rapport 脿 sa vie amoureuse et 脿 sa vie professionnelle.
Les autres personnages , beaucoup moins nuanc茅s, me rappelaient les personnages de conte, tout blancs, ou noirs. La plupart sont embourb茅s dans des enjeux narcissiques qui me les ont rendus antipathiques.
Que dire de l'intrigue sans trop en d茅voiler? Consuelo doit fuir Venise et est confi茅e par son ma卯tre de musique 脿 une noble famille allemande. Albert, le fils est plut么t illumin茅. Il entretient un rapport obsessionnel avec des esprits de leaders religieux qui ont men茅 脿 un schisme, une rupture avec le catholicisme. Bien s没r, il tombe amoureux de Consuelo...Cette derni猫re quitte le ch芒teau et part rejoindre son ma卯tre 脿 Vienne o霉 elle croit pouvoir r茅fl茅chir tranquillement 脿 la relation qu'elle souhaite 茅tablir avec Albert. Oh! Illusion...
Les lieux du roman sont 茅galement int茅ressants: la Venise de la romance, de la chaleur et de la l茅g猫ret茅, le sombre du ch芒teau allemand et les cavernes qui refl猫tent bien les enjeux mystiques d'Albert, la route qui m猫ne 脿 Vienne, territoire de bien des dangers, et finalement Vienne, ville de repr茅sentations qui introduit la question du vrai et du faux.
George Sand 茅crit de mani猫re vive, alerte, ce qui convient bien 脿 la publication en feuilleton de la publication originale. Elle pars猫me le texte d'adresses 脿 ses lectrices qui sont charmantes, parfois franchement dr么les. Elle se permet une critique int茅ressante de la religion, des milieux artistiques, de la condition f茅minine, de l'organisation du pouvoir dans la vie civile. La fin est d茅cevante, plut么t mi猫vre.
Consuelo est une jeune v茅nitienne, orpheline, d'origine gitane, cantatrice comme le monde n'en a pas entendu jusque l脿. Elle repr茅sente l'ART et la VERTU en lettres majuscules. Guid茅e par le beau, le bon et le vrai, elle se fraie un chemin 脿 elle alors qu'elle c么toie de grands artistes, des t锚tes couronn茅es, des m茅chants, des ambitieux. Elle est parfois exasp茅rante de bont茅, mais c'est le seul personnage qui porte 脿 certains moments du doute, des conflits int茅rieurs notamment par rapport 脿 sa vie amoureuse et 脿 sa vie professionnelle.
Les autres personnages , beaucoup moins nuanc茅s, me rappelaient les personnages de conte, tout blancs, ou noirs. La plupart sont embourb茅s dans des enjeux narcissiques qui me les ont rendus antipathiques.
Que dire de l'intrigue sans trop en d茅voiler? Consuelo doit fuir Venise et est confi茅e par son ma卯tre de musique 脿 une noble famille allemande. Albert, le fils est plut么t illumin茅. Il entretient un rapport obsessionnel avec des esprits de leaders religieux qui ont men茅 脿 un schisme, une rupture avec le catholicisme. Bien s没r, il tombe amoureux de Consuelo...Cette derni猫re quitte le ch芒teau et part rejoindre son ma卯tre 脿 Vienne o霉 elle croit pouvoir r茅fl茅chir tranquillement 脿 la relation qu'elle souhaite 茅tablir avec Albert. Oh! Illusion...
Les lieux du roman sont 茅galement int茅ressants: la Venise de la romance, de la chaleur et de la l茅g猫ret茅, le sombre du ch芒teau allemand et les cavernes qui refl猫tent bien les enjeux mystiques d'Albert, la route qui m猫ne 脿 Vienne, territoire de bien des dangers, et finalement Vienne, ville de repr茅sentations qui introduit la question du vrai et du faux.
George Sand 茅crit de mani猫re vive, alerte, ce qui convient bien 脿 la publication en feuilleton de la publication originale. Elle pars猫me le texte d'adresses 脿 ses lectrices qui sont charmantes, parfois franchement dr么les. Elle se permet une critique int茅ressante de la religion, des milieux artistiques, de la condition f茅minine, de l'organisation du pouvoir dans la vie civile. La fin est d茅cevante, plut么t mi猫vre.
February 28, 2020
I can't believe that i managed to finish this book. After each 100 pages i thought that maybe now something interesting would happen... but no, it wouldn't. Maybe i started to read it with wrong expectations in the first place: i thought that a woman with such complicated and diverse love life as George Sand would reflect her life and thoughts in this book. Instead the main character is too virtuous, any thing she does or says is very pious and never negative (do this kind of people even exist?) And all other characters are too simple, too: bad people are always bad and jealous, and never think a single nice thought. Every man falls for the main character, each time she sings she sings better than ever before, and never fails... So plain.
The author describes some real people such as kings and musicians who live during the time in which the plot is set (17th century). But each time she introduces these characters it feels a bit irrelevant and boring.
And there are serious parts which are supposed to be about "meaning of life". But these are so chaotic and mixed with the history, mystery, religion that the whole thing doesn't make any sense.
The only not-banal thing about Consuelo is that she is a feminist: she doesn't look for a rich husband to support her in life. At the same time, she is not eager to build a successful career as well (obviously because she is too virtuous for the dirty artistic world). She doesn't care about money at all, in a emphatic manner, so it is a mystery how she manages to be fed and dressed nicely during the whole book.
The author describes some real people such as kings and musicians who live during the time in which the plot is set (17th century). But each time she introduces these characters it feels a bit irrelevant and boring.
And there are serious parts which are supposed to be about "meaning of life". But these are so chaotic and mixed with the history, mystery, religion that the whole thing doesn't make any sense.
The only not-banal thing about Consuelo is that she is a feminist: she doesn't look for a rich husband to support her in life. At the same time, she is not eager to build a successful career as well (obviously because she is too virtuous for the dirty artistic world). She doesn't care about money at all, in a emphatic manner, so it is a mystery how she manages to be fed and dressed nicely during the whole book.
December 22, 2020
袦芯褦 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁芯 褨蟹 袞芯褉卸 小邪薪写
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袩芯褔邪谢芯褋褟 蟹 褑褨褦褩 泻薪懈谐懈.
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袉 屑芯卸褍 褋泻邪蟹邪褌懈 褌芯褔薪芯: 胁芯薪芯 锌褉芯写芯胁卸懈褌褜褋褟.
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袣薪懈谐邪 屑邪褦 800 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻, (锌芯 锌褉邪胁写褨, 褌邪屑 褌邪泻懈泄 写褉褨斜薪械薪褜泻懈泄 褕褉懈褎褌, 褖芯 锌芯-薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪芯屑褍 屑邪谢芯 斜 斜褍褌懈 2 褌芯屑懈 锌芯 800 馃し鈥嶁檧锔�) 邪谢械 褋褞卸械褌 薪械 蟹邪褌褟谐薪褍褌懈泄, 薪械 褏芯褔械褌褜褋褟 "锌械褉械屑芯褌邪褌懈".
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袪芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 薪邪 褨屑'褟 袣芯薪褋褍械谢芯 (谢芯谐褨褔薪芯). 校 薪械褩 薪褨褔芯谐芯 薪械屑邪褦: 薪褨 斜邪谐邪褌褋褌胁邪, 薪褨 褉芯写懈薪懈, 薪褨 锌褉褨蟹胁懈褖邪. 袥懈褕械 褌邪谢邪薪褌. 袟 褋邪屑芯谐芯 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪 胁芯薪邪 屑褉褨褦 褋锌褨胁邪褌懈 薪邪 胁械谢懈泻褨泄 褋褑械薪褨.
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(携 褩泄 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褌褉褨褕泻懈 蟹邪蟹写褉褞. 袥褞写懈 胁褋械 卸懈褌褌褟 褋械斜械 褕褍泻邪褞褌褜 邪 褌褍褌 褌邪泻械 馃槒)
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袉 芯褌 屑褉褨褟 屑邪泄卸械 蟹写褨泄褋薪懈谢邪褋褜. 袗卸 褌褍褌 锌芯褔懈薪邪褞褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈: 蟹邪蟹写褉褨褋薪懈泻懈, 锌谢褨褌泻邪褉褨, 蟹褉邪写谢懈胁懈泄 薪邪褉械褔械薪懈泄. 袙褋械 褑械 蟹屑褍褕褍褦 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 褌褨泻邪褌懈 蟹 褉褨写薪芯褩 袉褋锌邪薪褨褩 写芯 效械褏褨褩.
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袙蟹邪谐邪谢褨, 褔械褋褜泻邪 褔邪褋褌懈薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪褍 屑械薪褨 锌芯写芯斜邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪泄斜褨谢褜褕械. 孝褍褌 褨 薪械 薪邪写褌芯 胁褨写芯屑褨 褎邪泻褌懈 蟹 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 泻褉邪褩薪懈, 褨 褉芯屑邪薪褌懈褔薪邪 谢褨薪褨褟, 褨 泻褍锌邪 蟹邪谐邪写芯泻. 袦褨褋褌懈泻邪 薪邪 屑械卸褨 斜芯卸械胁褨谢谢褟 褔懈 褌芯 斜芯卸械胁褨谢谢褟 薪邪 屑械卸褨 屑褨褋褌懈泻懈.
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袦褨褋褑褟屑懈 褋褞卸械褌 薪邪谐邪写褍胁邪胁 褨薪褕懈泄 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪懈泄 褌胁褨褉, 褟泻懈泄 褟 锌褉芯褋褌芯 芯斜芯卸薪褞褞 - 袛卸械泄薪 袝泄褉 楔邪褉谢芯褌褌懈 袘褉芯薪褌械. 袗谢械 褌褍褌 褋褍褌褜 褌褉褨褕泻懈 褨薪褕邪. 袙懈斜褨褉 写褨胁褔懈薪懈 屑褨卸 泻邪褉'褦褉芯褞 褨 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌懈屑 卸懈褌褌褟屑 - 写褍屑邪褞, 褌械屑邪 邪泻褌褍邪谢褜薪邪 褨 褋褜芯谐芯写薪褨.
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袉 褌邪泻, 锌褉懈褦屑薪懈泄 斜芯薪褍褋: 锌褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 屑芯卸械 蟹'褟胁懈褌懈褋褟 褨薪褌械褉械褋 写芯 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪芯褩 屑褍蟹懈泻懈. 袟邪褏芯褔械褌械 锌芯褋谢褍褏邪褌懈 褋懈屑褎芯薪褨褞 褔懈 锌芯写懈胁懈褌懈褋褜 芯锌械褉褍 - 薪械 写懈胁褍泄褌械褋褜.
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袩芯褔邪谢芯褋褟 蟹 褑褨褦褩 泻薪懈谐懈.
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袉 屑芯卸褍 褋泻邪蟹邪褌懈 褌芯褔薪芯: 胁芯薪芯 锌褉芯写芯胁卸懈褌褜褋褟.
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袣薪懈谐邪 屑邪褦 800 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻, (锌芯 锌褉邪胁写褨, 褌邪屑 褌邪泻懈泄 写褉褨斜薪械薪褜泻懈泄 褕褉懈褎褌, 褖芯 锌芯-薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪芯屑褍 屑邪谢芯 斜 斜褍褌懈 2 褌芯屑懈 锌芯 800 馃し鈥嶁檧锔�) 邪谢械 褋褞卸械褌 薪械 蟹邪褌褟谐薪褍褌懈泄, 薪械 褏芯褔械褌褜褋褟 "锌械褉械屑芯褌邪褌懈".
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袪芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 薪邪 褨屑'褟 袣芯薪褋褍械谢芯 (谢芯谐褨褔薪芯). 校 薪械褩 薪褨褔芯谐芯 薪械屑邪褦: 薪褨 斜邪谐邪褌褋褌胁邪, 薪褨 褉芯写懈薪懈, 薪褨 锌褉褨蟹胁懈褖邪. 袥懈褕械 褌邪谢邪薪褌. 袟 褋邪屑芯谐芯 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪 胁芯薪邪 屑褉褨褦 褋锌褨胁邪褌懈 薪邪 胁械谢懈泻褨泄 褋褑械薪褨.
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(携 褩泄 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褌褉褨褕泻懈 蟹邪蟹写褉褞. 袥褞写懈 胁褋械 卸懈褌褌褟 褋械斜械 褕褍泻邪褞褌褜 邪 褌褍褌 褌邪泻械 馃槒)
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袉 芯褌 屑褉褨褟 屑邪泄卸械 蟹写褨泄褋薪懈谢邪褋褜. 袗卸 褌褍褌 锌芯褔懈薪邪褞褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈: 蟹邪蟹写褉褨褋薪懈泻懈, 锌谢褨褌泻邪褉褨, 蟹褉邪写谢懈胁懈泄 薪邪褉械褔械薪懈泄. 袙褋械 褑械 蟹屑褍褕褍褦 写褨胁褔懈薪褍 褌褨泻邪褌懈 蟹 褉褨写薪芯褩 袉褋锌邪薪褨褩 写芯 效械褏褨褩.
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袙蟹邪谐邪谢褨, 褔械褋褜泻邪 褔邪褋褌懈薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪褍 屑械薪褨 锌芯写芯斜邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪泄斜褨谢褜褕械. 孝褍褌 褨 薪械 薪邪写褌芯 胁褨写芯屑褨 褎邪泻褌懈 蟹 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 泻褉邪褩薪懈, 褨 褉芯屑邪薪褌懈褔薪邪 谢褨薪褨褟, 褨 泻褍锌邪 蟹邪谐邪写芯泻. 袦褨褋褌懈泻邪 薪邪 屑械卸褨 斜芯卸械胁褨谢谢褟 褔懈 褌芯 斜芯卸械胁褨谢谢褟 薪邪 屑械卸褨 屑褨褋褌懈泻懈.
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袦褨褋褑褟屑懈 褋褞卸械褌 薪邪谐邪写褍胁邪胁 褨薪褕懈泄 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪懈泄 褌胁褨褉, 褟泻懈泄 褟 锌褉芯褋褌芯 芯斜芯卸薪褞褞 - 袛卸械泄薪 袝泄褉 楔邪褉谢芯褌褌懈 袘褉芯薪褌械. 袗谢械 褌褍褌 褋褍褌褜 褌褉褨褕泻懈 褨薪褕邪. 袙懈斜褨褉 写褨胁褔懈薪懈 屑褨卸 泻邪褉'褦褉芯褞 褨 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌懈屑 卸懈褌褌褟屑 - 写褍屑邪褞, 褌械屑邪 邪泻褌褍邪谢褜薪邪 褨 褋褜芯谐芯写薪褨.
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袉 褌邪泻, 锌褉懈褦屑薪懈泄 斜芯薪褍褋: 锌褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 屑芯卸械 蟹'褟胁懈褌懈褋褟 褨薪褌械褉械褋 写芯 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪芯褩 屑褍蟹懈泻懈. 袟邪褏芯褔械褌械 锌芯褋谢褍褏邪褌懈 褋懈屑褎芯薪褨褞 褔懈 锌芯写懈胁懈褌懈褋褜 芯锌械褉褍 - 薪械 写懈胁褍泄褌械褋褜.
July 28, 2016
袧械 薪褍卸薪芯 芯斜谢邪写邪褌褜 锌褉懈胁谢械泻邪褌械谢褜薪芯泄 胁薪械褕薪芯褋褌褜褞, 褔褌芯斜褘 写芯斜懈褌褜褋褟 褍褋锌械褏邪 胁 卸懈蟹薪懈. 袧械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯 谢懈褕褜 芯写薪芯 鈥� 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪褘泄 斜械谢谢械褌褉懈褋褌, 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪褘泄 薪邪泄褌懈 锌芯谢芯卸懈褌械谢褜薪褘械 屑芯屑械薪褌褘 懈 写芯斜懈褌褜褋褟 谢褍褔褕械谐芯 懈蟹 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪褘褏 褉械蟹褍谢褜褌邪褌芯胁. 袠, 泻芯薪械褔薪芯, 写谢褟 褝褌芯谐芯 薪褍卸薪芯 斜褘褌褜 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪褘屑 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸械屑, 褔褜褟 褋褍褖薪芯褋褌褜 芯泻褉褍卸械薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪褌懈蟹屑芯屑: 懈薪邪褔械 薪懈褔械谐芯 薪械 锌芯谢褍褔懈褌褋褟. 袘械褋锌芯谢械蟹薪芯 褋械褌芯胁邪褌褜 薪邪 褋褍写褜斜褍 懈 胁蟹褘胁邪褌褜 泻 锌芯屑芯褖懈 胁褘褋褕械泄 褋褍褖薪芯褋褌懈 鈥� 胁 锌芯写芯斜薪芯屑 褋谢褍褔邪械 锌褉懈写褢褌褋褟 谐芯褉械胁邪褌褜 懈 懈褋锌褘褌褘胁邪褌褜 屑褍褔械薪懈褟. 袩芯褝褌芯屑褍 (谢懈褕褜 锌芯褝褌芯屑褍) 褔懈褌邪褌械谢褜 懈褋泻褉械薪薪械 褉邪写褍械褌褋褟 蟹邪 褋懈褉芯褌泻褍 袣芯薪褋褍褝谢芯, 胁蟹褉邪褖械薪薪褍褞 薪邪 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褌薪芯泄 锌芯褔胁械, 斜械谐邪胁褕褍褞 芯褌 褍写邪褔懈 懈 芯斜褉械褌褕褍褞 懈褋褌懈薪薪芯械 褋褔邪褋褌褜械. 袙 谢褞斜芯屑 写褉褍谐芯屑 褋谢褍褔邪械 械泄 褋 械褢 褍褋褌褉械屑谢械薪懈褟屑懈 芯斜褟蟹邪褌械谢褜薪芯 斜褘谢芯 斜褘 芯褌 褔械谐芯 褋褌褉邪写邪褌褜.
February 21, 2015
袝褋谢懈 泻褉邪褌泻芯, 褌芯 - 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢芯褋褜, 薪芯 锌褉芯写芯谢卸械薪懈褟 薪械 褏芯褔褍. 袦薪械 锌芯 写褍褕械 芯斜褉邪蟹 袣芯薪褋褍褝谢芯, 胁褋褞 泻薪懈谐褍 褟 械泄 褋芯锌械褉械卸懈胁邪谢邪, 锌芯褉芯泄 斜褘谢邪 褕芯泻懈褉芯胁邪薪邪, 胁 薪械泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 芯褋芯斜芯 屑懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 屑芯屑械薪褌邪褏 胁芯谢芯褋褘 胁褋褌邪胁邪谢懈 写褘斜芯屑.. 袧芯 锌芯写 泻芯薪械褑 褟 褍褋褌邪谢邪 芯褌 褝褌芯泄 泻薪懈谐懈. 胁褋械-褌邪泻懈 薪械 褌邪泻 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌芯谐褉褍蟹懈褌褜褋褟 胁 褌褍 卸懈蟹薪褜, 褌械屑 斜芯谢械械, 褔褌芯 泻谢邪褋褋懈褔械褋泻邪褟, 写褍褏芯胁薪邪褟 懈 芯锌械褉薪邪褟 屑褍蟹褘泻邪 屑邪谢芯 屑械薪褟 懈薪褌械褉械褋褍褞褌. 褌械屑 薪械 屑械薪械械, 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褔邪褉芯胁邪褌械谢褜薪邪, 泻邪泻 懈 褋邪屑邪 袣芯薪褋褍褝谢芯.
June 26, 2015
袘褍写褍 褔懈褌邪褌褜 锌褉芯写芯谢卸械薪懈械! 袠薪褌褉懈谐褍褞褖邪褟, 蟹邪褌械泄谢懈胁邪褟 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟, 芯褌 泻芯褌芯褉芯泄 胁 懈褌芯谐械 褔褌械薪懈褟 锌芯谢褍褔邪械褕褜 褋芯胁褋械屑 薪械 褌芯, 褔械谐芯 芯卸懈写邪械褕褜. 袣芯薪褋褍褝谢芯 - 褝褌芯 褌邪泻邪褟 薪械胁懈薪薪芯褋褌褜 懈 褔懈褋褌芯褌邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏, 薪邪胁械褉薪芯械 薪械 褋褍褖械褋褌胁褍械褌, 懈 褝褌芯 屑芯卸械褌 胁褘蟹胁邪褌褜 薪械写芯胁械褉懈械 泻 邪胁褌芯褉褍 懈 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褞. 袧芯 褝褌邪 锌褉芯薪懈泻薪褍褌芯褋褌褜 懈写械邪谢懈蟹屑芯屑 芯褌薪褞写褜 薪械 锌芯屑械褕邪谢邪 褉芯屑邪薪褍 褋褌邪褌褜 谐械薪懈邪谢褜薪褘屑, 锌芯谢薪褘屑 褔褍胁褋褌胁械薪薪芯褋褌懈 懈 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈泄.
July 19, 2008
The translation I read this in was quite dated and I think some bits might have been censored, but it is a powerful novel all the same, with its portrayal of a young girl born in poverty who makes her fortune by becoming a singer.
December 26, 2016
Music, mysteries and love. For me this story equals to Gone with the Wind - complicated love story, a fantasy set in historic events. Epic! If you love history and believable mysteries, and haven' t read this - well worth reading! Plus it qualifies as classic ;)
April 15, 2008
all of George Sand is fun
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