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1、TheGeorgeSand-GustaveFlaubertLettersTranslatedbyA.L.McKenzie(1921)IntroductionbyStuartShermanPREFATORYNOTEThistranslationofthecorrespondencebetweenGeorgeSandandGustaveFlaubertwasundertakeninconsequenceofasuggestionbyProfessorStuartP.Sherman.Thetranslatordesirestoacknowledgevalu
2、ablecriticismgivenbyProfessorSherman,RuthM.Sherman,andProfessorKennethMcKenzie,allofwhomhavegenerouslyassistedinrevisingthemanuscript.A.L.McKenzieINTRODUCTIONThecorrespondenceofGeorgeSandandGustaveFlaubert,ifapproachedmerelyasachapterinthebiographiesoftheseheroesofnineteenthcen
3、turyletters,issufficientlyrewarding.Inarelationshipextendingovertwelveyears,includingthetryingperiodoftheFranco-PrussianWarandtheCommune,theseextraordinarypersonalitiesdisclosetheaspectsoftheirdiversenatureswhicharebestworththeremembranceofposterity.Howeverherpassionateanderrat
4、icyouthmayhavecaptivatedourgrandfathers,GeorgeSandinthemellowautumnofherlifeisforusathermostattractivephase.Thestormsandanguishandhazardousadventuresthatattendedthedefiantunfoldingofherspiritareover.InherfinalretreatatNohant,surroundedbyheraffectionatechildrenandgrandchildren,d
5、iligentlywriting,botanizing,bathinginherlittleriver,visitedbyherfriendsandundistractedbythefieryloversoftheoldtime,sheshowsanunguessedwealthofmaternalvirtue,swift,comprehendingsympathy,fortitude,sunnyresignation,andagoodnessofheartthathasripenedintowisdom.ForFlaubert,too,though
6、hewasseventeenyearsherjunior,theflamboyanceofyouthwaslongsincepast;in1862,whenthecorrespondencebegins,hewasfirmlysettled,ashy,proud,grumpytoilinghermitofforty,inhisfamilyseatatCroisset,beginninghissevenyears'laboratL'EducationSentimentale,masterofhisart,hardeninginhisconviction
7、s,andconsciousofincreasingestrangementfromthespiritofhisage.He,withhiscravingforsympathy,andshe,withherinexhaustiblesupplyofit,meet;hepoursouthisbitterness,sheherconsolation;andsowithequalcandorofself-revelationtheybeautifullydrawoutandstrengtheneachtheother'scharacteristics,an
8、dhelponeanothergrowold.Butthereismoreintheseletterstha
