The_Devils_Pool

作者：George Sand

播音：J. M. Smallheer

音频：8

更新：08.mp3

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GeorgeSand(thepennameofAmantine-Lucile-AuroreDupin1804-1876)isfamousforflauntingtheconventionsofbehavourexpectedofwomenofherstandinginFranceatthetimeandforhernumerousromanticliaisonsincludingherlongstandingaffairwithChopin.TheDevil’sPool(publishedin1846asLaMareauDiable)isoneofseveralshortpastoralnovelsdrawnfromherchildhoodexperiencesintheruralFrenchregionofBerri.Ittellsthestoryofayoungwidower,Germain,who,attheinsistenceofhisfather-in-law,setsouttoremarrysothathewillhavesomeonetohelpraisehisthreeyoungchildren.