The Devil's Pool

George Sand's 1846 pastoral novel, translated from the French, tells the story of Germain, a widowed peasant laborer seeking a new wife, in a simple tale of rural life that the author frames as a gentle alternative to literature of misery and terror.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›French and Belgian French novels›Romantic era, 1800 to 1847

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Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›French and Belgian French novels›Romantic era, 1800 to 1847