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In The Devil’s Pool, George Sand turns from fashionable drawing rooms to the fields, hearths, and wooded paths of rural France, finding there a story of tenderness, dignity, and quiet moral beauty. Germain, a widowed young ploughman and devoted father, is urged by his family to remarry for the sake of his children and farm. Sent to court a wealthy widow, he travels with his little son, Petit-Pierre, and young Marie, a poor shepherdess seeking work. When night falls and the travelers lose their way near the mysterious Devil’s Pool, the journey becomes less a practical errand than an awakening of the heart. Beneath the stars, amid cold, fatigue, and innocent companionship, Germain begins to see that love is not a bargain of property or convenience, but a meeting of simplicity, courage, and kindness. First published in the nineteenth century, Sand’s pastoral romance celebrates peasant life without condescension, honoring labor, family affection, folk customs, and the wisdom of humble people. Gentle, lyrical, and humane, The Devil’s Pool is a beautiful tale for readers drawn to classic rural fiction, French literature, social idealism, and love stories shaped by landscape, conscience, and grace in a changing world where old certainties quietly fade.
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Abot, Eugène-Michel-Joseph (illustrator). 104 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.24 inches. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # zk1444454765
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