Reviews round-up
Becoming George
by Fiona Sampson
2 of 2 critics positive
5 reviews: 2 positives; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“the remarkable story of a cross-dressing 19th century novelist”
Becoming George by Fiona Sampson review – the remarkable story of a cross-dressing 19th century novelist
Positive
Read the review ↗“shows how the pioneering French author demolished the gender conventions of her day”
George Sand’s life of radical self-invention
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“Life, Work & Adoration”
Lucasta Miller - Life, Work & Adoration
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“a heady mix of sex and serious fiction”
George Sand’s life was a heady mix of sex and serious fiction
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“urges us to see Sand chiefly as a writer”
The Notorious 19th-Century Frenchwoman Who Scorned the Bourgeoisie
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