Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1 July 1804 - 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand , was a French novelist, memoirist, and journalist.
George Sand was the most popular writer (of any gender) in Europe by the age.
One of the more popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honor de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era.
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1 July 1804 - 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand , was a French novelist, memoirist, and journalist