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Cargando... The Black Citypor George Sand
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Set against the backdrop of France's industrial revolution, this 1859 novel by the controversial, passionately socialist George Sand follows the fortunes of the dynamic, young metal smith Etienne Lavoute, known as Sept-Epees (or Seven Blades), as he strives to free himself not from the working class but from the woes imposed upon it by grasping mill owners. While ambition is the spur that prompts Sept-Epees to purchase a ramshackle factory he is ill equipped to run, love is the secret cause. For Sept-Epees, however misguidedly, would make himself worthy of the orphaned (like him), wise, pretty, and capable Tonine Gaucher. As eloquent in its exposure of the social ills that afflicted French workers at the onset of the industrial revolution as it is poignant in its exploration of love's turbulent course for the prideful Sept-Epees and the proud Tonine, The Black City reflects George Sand's enduring admiration for the struggles and triumphs of the working class as well as her geniusin the characterization of strong, clear-eyed, independent women. If in Sept-Epees she embodies the estimable worker who can make of his craft an art, in Tonine she epitomizes the woman whose successes stunningly defy the conventions of the age. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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One of the most inserting parts of the book was Sands initial description of the Black City. She describes it as cut out of the side of a cliff with waterfalls to fed the mills and and a dividing area between the working class Low Town and the more affluent Upper Town. After reading the description I kept on viewing the city almost as an Industrialized Gondor. The other interesting part that Sand adds is the descriptions of the two quasi castes of workers n the city. The First are the smiths and gun makers who are the men of fire. Wile the second group is made of of the paper makers known as the men of water. This concept of the two castes also plays into Sept-Epees and Tonines relationship as he is from the men of fire while she is more alined to the men of water. This concept of opposites adds add some dynamics to why Tonine and Sept-Epees always seem to butt heads. However I wish she had developed the idea more as its such a cool concept and i feel that it gets forgotten a little by the end of the book.
There is a little bit of a socialist tint to the book as there is the subplot about class struggle and the nobility of the working class but its not heavy handed and fits rather well with the other subplot of a woman bucking the social norms of the day. In the end I was surprised by this little book having never heard of George Sand before and she seemed to be a rather talented writer yet not well know compared to other woman authors of the 19th century. I would say pick this one up if you can as its a quick little read that is beautifully written. (