Show 4 0 ba IKS ilk AT YOUR LIBRARY w lelia the life of george sand editors note each month many new books arrive at the uinta h county library to bo be added to the already large number there to afford many hours of enjoyment for young and old alike librarian marjorie H eaton below gives a short review of one of her books that will make good reading for many persons LELIA the life of george sand by andre maurodis maurois in this outstanding biography one of the most extraordinary women of the nineteenth century is at last understood in the full light of her genius her tier abe aberrations rations her f loves 0 ve 1 and her tragedies M andre maurodis maurois Is one of the most readable of biographers V S prichett has declared his new life of george sand la is one of his best the book Is indeed both a scholarly and wonderfully Nonder fully living study of a remarkable woman in all her variety george sand is one of the most maligned and misunderstood persons ns of a brilliant era her b brazen pursuit of romance her masculine habits her re bellous nature in literature and politics made her focal point for gossip and rumor using hitherto unavailable diaries and correspondence andre baurois maurois has revealed the true george sand hot het love affairs with the famous men of her day particularly the years spent with chopin were daring scandals to others but to her they were a vain search tor for contentment tent ment she wrote of herself in her fictional autobiography leila lelia don juan went from woman to woman because not one of the thousand and throe three could give him happiness leila lelia goes from man to man because none of them can give her pleasure 11 the careful reader of a few good newspapers can tan learn more in a year than most scholars do in their great libraries F B sanborn |