A FAMILY'S HONOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 9

A FAMILY'S HONOUR.

_____ Action Pending to Clear Famous Novelist. ! I GEORGE SAND'S LOVE AFFAIRS. PARIS. February 21. I | A case of some remarkable features) , will shortly be beard in the Paris law] court?. I i Madame Aurore Sand, a grand - 'daughter of (Jeorge Sand, the famous authoress, is claiming 10.000 francs from M. Jacques Boulanjrer. a journalist. because be described her relative as ■ having been a flighty and impulsive perI son. in an article he wrote upon Georre I Sand's love a flairs. j Madame Sand says it is necessary to safeguard the honour of the Sand family. ! i George Sand. the famous French | novelist, was born in Paris in ISO 4. Her , real name was Armandfne Lucile Aurore Dupin. until at the ajre of eighteen she! ■ married M. Dudevant. Two children weie| l>orn of t!ie tnarriace. which proved] unhappy, and a separation ensued. Madame Dudevant endured many privations in Paris while supporting her two < luidren after the separation, until >he obtained 1 work on the newspaper "Le Figaro." Hf-i ! first book was written in collaboration i with -lules Sandeau. iron: whoso name herl pseudonym of Geonre Sand was evolved.! Her subsequent novels, written alone, and' all dealing with the theme of unconcenia! i marriage, created a furore o: interest, and! her success ensued. The novelist is al«o| remembered for her a_-*sr>ci »uon with thel musician Chopin. .\!::e<i <> Musset. the! writer, and other iamous men. Alter t'.el adoption oi her masculine pseudonym thci usually wore men's clothing.