The Devil's Pool by George Sand

"The Devil's Pool" by George Sand is a pastoral novel published in 1846. When widower Germain reluctantly agrees to visit a wealthy widow who seeks remarriage, he journeys with his young son and sixteen-year-old Mary, a girl seeking work. Their overnight stop near the Devil's Pool becomes a turning point, as unexpected feelings stir between Germain and Mary. But with obligations pulling him toward the widow and Mary facing her own troubles, their path forward remains uncertain in this tale of rural French life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Sand, George, 1804-1876
Illustrator Abot, Eugène-Michel-Joseph, 1836-1894
Translator Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960
Translator Sedgwick, Jane Minot
Uniform Title La mare au diable. English
Title The Devil's Pool
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mare_au_Diable
Note See also PG#12816 tr. by George B. Ives
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Pastoral fiction, French
Category Text
eBook-No. 21993
Release Date
Last Update Sep 7, 2022
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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