Albano's Daughter: 19th Century story by a woman on par her French peers Hugo, Zola, Dumas & Flaubert

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born on the 1st July, 1804, in Paris, France, to an unconventional family who were from different classes-her father being from noble lineage whilst her mother from rather more modest origins.

Following her father's early death, Sand was raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate in Nohant, which she later inherited at 17. The house and surrounding countryside was a profound influence on her writing which often highlighted pastoral themes an...