SAND (Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, known as George). - Lot 201

SAND (Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, known as George). Born in Paris. 1804-1876. Novelist. L.A.S. "George Sand" to "Mon cher Capitaine" [Captain d'Arpentigny]. S.l.n.d. 1 p. 1/2 in-8. Suscription. CHARMING LETTER TO A LONG-TIME FRIEND, CAPTAIN D'ARPENTIGNY, MET IN THE 1840s, WHOM GEORGE SAND ENCOURAGED TO WRITE: George Sand apologizes for the delay in replying ...I wanted to find out if the affair you were telling me about had any solidity, and it doesn't... she decides ...It's a roll of the dice, and you can only play when you have enough to take a chance, and I'm not in that position... So she asks him to answer ... very politely to the person who wrote to you that I'm busy, unable to undertake anything outside my task, and that's almost the truth... It was a great pleasure to hear from her ... You doubted it because you only wrote me three lines, and you were wrong. I have fond memories of you and your friendship, Maurice too, and we have often spoken of you. I often asked Mrs Marliani about you, and I'm sure she told you. Born in Yport in 1791, Casimir Stanislas d'Arpentigny was a career soldier who rose through the ranks to become second lieutenant at the fall of Napoleon. He ended his military career with the rank of captain in 1844. His military record portrays him as a rebel, critical of his superiors and an instigator of indiscipline among his comrades. A disciple of Lavater and Spurzheim, he wrote two books that were reprinted several times: Chirognomony (1843) and The Science of the Hand (1865). He was introduced to George Sand in 1841 by the Comte d'Aure. George Sand encouraged him to take up writing. He became a contributor to the Revue indépendante and published in various journals. He was closely associated with Alfred de Musset.