Title: Consuelo
First published: 1882
Description: Consuelo is a novel by George Sand, first published serially in 1842-1843 in La Revue indépendante, a periodical founded in 1841 by Sand, Pierre Leroux and Louis Viardot. According to the Nuttall Encyclopædia, it is "[Sand's] masterpiece; the impersonation of the triumph of moral purity over manifold temptations."

The character of Consuelo was supposedly modeled after Louis Viardot's wife, the soprano Pauline Viardot. Pauline Viardot was a good friend of both Sand's and of her lover, Frédéric Chopin.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, general, Italy, fiction, Venice (italy), fiction, Music, Musicians, Italy, Girls, Singers, collection:Name
Places: Venice (Italy)
People: George Sand (1804-1876)