George Sand dared to wear men's clothes and take a man's name, leading the life of romance, letters, and politics that she chose.

She never sought scandal, but rather freedom of speech and self. As a girl, Amandine Aurore Dupin, a à"wild child from a good family" grew up torn between two women and two worlds: the corseted and conventional middle class of her paternal grandmother, who raised her in the countryside, and the humble Parisian life of a capricious mother who captivated her. Refusing to become a model young woman, she dreamt of another world where she might breathe freely, far from the stupid corsets of the narrow-minded.