Letter

  1 Introd   |           In her final retreat at Nohant, surrounded by her affectionate
  2 Introd   |           the peasant children at Nohant she discovered a joy in
  3 Introd   |      distractions, the retreat to Nohant, the consolations of nature,
  4 Introd   |           qualities. Writing from Nohant in 1866 to him at Croisset,
  5 Introd   |            1869, a typical day in Nohant:~“The individual named George
  6 Introd   |      George Sand in her fields at Nohant—not “above” but a little
  7 II       |         read a part of it, and at Nohant, I shall have only the time
  8 IX       |           IX. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 31 July, 1866~My good dear
  9 XV       |          Noel from the Theatre de Nohant, I don’t want to, it’s too
 10 XVI      |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 21 September, 1866~I have
 11 XVIII    |        XVIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 28 September, 1866~It is
 12 XXI      |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, Monday evening, 1 October,
 13 XXII     |         XXII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 19 October~Dear friend,
 14 XXIII    |        XXIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 23 October, 1866~Dear friend,
 15 XXIII    |           only carry the sun from Nohant. It is glorious.~I embrace
 16 XXVIII   |        all in the close circle at Nohant. He must have been MOVED
 17 XXXI     |      Palaiseau, and after that to Nohant. I saw Bouilhet at the Monday
 18 XLI      |         goes well and I leave for Nohant on Saturday. I am trying
 19 XLII     |         awaiting him every day at Nohant. At last he is all ready
 20 XLII     |         soul; not alone enough at Nohant, with the children whom
 21 XLII     |           family, and write me at Nohant, that will do me good.~The
 22 XLIV     |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT at Croissset Nohant, 15 January, 1867~Here I
 23 XLVI     |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 1867~Bah! zut! troulala!
 24 XLVII    |          your invitation to go to Nohant. I shall go, for I want
 25 XLVII    |           hunt in your library at Nohant for (1) an article of yours
 26 XLVIII   |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, 8 February, 1867~No, I
 27 XLVIII   |        and then you shall come to Nohant this summer. It is agreed,
 28 L        |            L. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 4 March, 1867~Dear good
 29 LIV      |          LIV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 11 April, 1867~Here I am
 30 LIV      |        except sleep from Paris to Nohant and I was revived on receiving
 31 LV       |       shall I see you?~My trip to Nohant has fallen through. The
 32 LVI      |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 9 May, 1867~Dear friend
 33 LIX      |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 30 May, 1867~Here you are
 34 LX       |           LX. TO Gustave Flaubert Nohant, 14 June, 1867~Dear friend
 35 LXI      |         LXI. To GUSTAVE FLATUBERT Nohant, 24 July, 1867~Dear good
 36 LXI      |       Here am I back again in old Nohant, and Maurice at Nerac terminating
 37 LXII     |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, 6 August, 1867~When I see
 38 LXII     |         time.~Outline a scene for Nohant with four or five characters,
 39 LXIII    |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 18 August, 1867~Where are
 40 LXIV     |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, August, 1867~I bless you,
 41 LXV      |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 10 September, 1867~Dear
 42 LXVII    |         to you.~I am returning to Nohant and I embrace you with all
 43 LXIX     |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, 12 October, 1867~I have
 44 LXX      |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 27 October, 1867~I have
 45 LXXI     |          is why I am not going to Nohant. A week of recreation means
 46 LXXII    |        LXXII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 5 December, 1867~Your old
 47 LXXII    |        for not wanting to come to Nohant; I won’t reproach you for
 48 LXXIII   |        that is why I do not go to Nohant. It is always the story
 49 LXXIV    |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 31 December, 1867~I don’
 50 LXXV     |      recital of the amusements at Nohant, since I cannot share them.
 51 LXXVI    |        LXXVI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 12 January, 1868~No, it
 52 LXXXI    | enthusiasm, no more champagne! At Nohant, I live on sour wine and
 53 LXXXIII  |      evening. I leave Tuesday for Nohant.~
 54 LXXXIV   |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 21 June, 1868~Here I am
 55 LXXXVI   |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 31 July, 1868~I am writing
 56 LXXXVIII |      troubadour! you in Paris, in Nohant, or elsewhere? They say
 57 LXXXIX   |         letters. I wrote you from Nohant about two weeks ago that
 58 LXXXIX   |        and now, I am returning to Nohant tomorrow at dawn to see
 59 LXXXIX   |          had been several days at Nohant. She is more beautiful than
 60 XC       |           XC. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 18 September, 1868~It will
 61 XCIV     |          dear world very quiet at Nohant. If Cadio succeeds, it will
 62 XCVI     |         XCVI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 15 October, 1868~Here I
 63 XCVIII   |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 20 November, 1868~You say
 64 XCIX     |          if I go to your house at Nohant, I shall have a month of
 65 XCIX     |       What would it be on leaving Nohant? You do not understand that,
 66 C        |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, AT CEOISSET Nohant, 21 December, 1868~Certainly,
 67 CIII     |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 17 January, 1869~The individual
 68 CIV      |          I shall go to see you at Nohant, I swear it.~
 69 CV       |           CV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 11 February, 1869~While
 70 CVI      |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 24 February, 1869~I am
 71 CVI      |            1869~I am all alone at Nohant as you are all alone at
 72 CVI      |         it over her work table at Nohant.]~What a way of speaking,
 73 CVIII    |        CVIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 7 March, 1869~Still alone
 74 CIX      |          CIX. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 12 March, 1869~Poor Calamatta
 75 CX       |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 2 April, 1869~Dear friend
 76 CXI      |          CXI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 17 April, 1869~I am well,
 77 CXVII    |          which you wrote to me at Nohant.~G. Sand~
 78 CXXIII   |       CXXIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 6 August, 1869~Well, dear
 79 CXXIV    |        CXXIV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 14 August, 1869~Your change
 80 CXXVIII  |           I shall leave again for Nohant.~We must then meet and see
 81 CXXXIII  |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 15 Nov., 1869~What has
 82 CXXXIV   |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, 30 November, 1869~Dear
 83 CXXXIX   |       CXXXIX. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, Friday to Saturday during
 84 CXL      |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 14 December, 1869~I do
 85 CXLI     |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 17 December, 1869~Plauchut
 86 CXLII    |        CXLII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 19 December, 1869~So women
 87 CXLIV    |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 9 January, 1870~I have
 88 CXLVI    |        CXLVI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 15 January, 1870~L’Affranchi
 89 CLII     |            Do you want to come to Nohant with me, for a change of
 90 CLIII    |        CLIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 11 March, 1870~How are
 91 CLV      |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 17 March, 1870~I won’t
 92 CLVI     |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 19 March, 1870~I know,
 93 CLIX     |         CLIX. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 3 April, 1870~Your old
 94 CLXIII   |       CLXIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 16 April, 1870~What ought
 95 CLXIV    |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 20 May, 1870~It is a very
 96 CLXVII   |       CLXVII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 27 June, 1870~Another grief
 97 CLXIX    |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 29 June, 1870~Our letters
 98 CLXXI    |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 26 July, 1870~I think this
 99 CLXXII   |       What you tell me about poor Nohant is terrible. The country
100 CLXXIII  |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset. Nohant, 8 August, 1870~Are you
101 CLXXIII  |          all embrace you.~G. Sand~Nohant, Sunday evening.~
102 CLXXV    |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset. Nohant, 15 August, 1870~I wrote
103 CLXXX    |          are living at Le Chatre. Nohant is ravaged by smallpox with
104 CLXXXI   |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset. Nohant, 4 February, 1871.~Don’t
105 CLXXXII  |     CLXXXII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT. Nohant, 22 February, 1871~I received
106 CLXXXIV  |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset. Nohant, 17 March, 1871~I received
107 CLXXXVII |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset. Nohant, 28 April, 1871~No, certainly
108 CXC      |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, 23 July, 1871~  [FOOTNOTE:
109 CXCI     |          mine)!~I am not going to Nohant, for I don’t care to go
110 CXCII    |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, August, 1871~You want to
111 CXCIII   |       CXCIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 6 September, 1871~Where
112 CXCIV    |          for that, I should go to Nohant. Shall you stay there indefinitely?
113 CXCVI    |     GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croisset Nohant, 8 September, 1871~As usual
114 CXCVII   |      FLAUBERT 14 September, 1871, Nohant~  [Footnote: Appeared in
115 CXCVIII  |      CXCVIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 16 September, 1871~Dear
116 CC       |           CC. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 10 October, 1871~I am answering
117 CCIII    |        CCIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 23 November, 1871~I hear
118 CCV      |          CCV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 7 December, 1871~The money
119 CCVI     |         CCVI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 4 January, 1872~I want
120 CCVIII   |       CCVIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 18 January, 1872~You must
121 CCXI     |         CCXI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 25 January, 1872~You were
122 CCXIII   |       CCXIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 28 January, 1872~Your preface
123 CCXV     |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 17 February~My troubadour,
124 CCXVI    |           for me, I can not go to Nohant, because my time, considering
125 CCXVII   |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, from the 28 to the 29 February
126 CCXXII   |       CCXXII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 14 April, 1872~My daughter-in-law
127 CCXXIV   |       CCXXIV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 28 April, 1872~I hold my
128 CCXXVI   |       CCXXVI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 18 May, 1872~Dear friend
129 CCXXXI   |          FLAUBERT, at Croissset ..Nohant, 5 July, 1872~I must write
130 CCXXXIII |     CCXXXIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 19 July, 1872~Dear old
131 CCXXXIV  |           go then? To Paris or to Nohant? A question.~As for me,
132 CCXXXV   |       CCXXXV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 31 August, 1872~My old
133 CCXXXV   |           are glad to see our old Nohant again, after having been
134 CCXXXVI  |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, 25 October, 1872~Your letters
135 CCXXXVIII|    CCXXXVIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 26 October, 1872~Dear friend,~
136 CCXL     |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 22 November, 1872~I don’
137 CCXL     |           for the idea of leaving Nohant, my occupations, and the
138 CCXLII   |       CCXLII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 27 November, 1872~Maurice
139 CCXLIV   |       CCXLIV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 29 November, 1872~You spoil
140 CCXLV    |          me to ask if you were at Nohant. She wants to write to you.~
141 CCXLVI   |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 8 December, 1872~Oh! well,
142 CCXLVIII |     CCXLVIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 8 January, 1873~Yes, yes,
143 CCXLVIII |         coach from Chateauroux to Nohant. If you could bring Tourgueneff,
144 CCXLIX   |       want to make the journey to Nohant? Not at all! But, for the
145 CCL      |          CCL. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 5 February, 1873~I wrote
146 CCLI     |        was getting ready to go to Nohant, when he said to me: “Wait,
147 CCLII    |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 15 March, 1873~Well, my
148 CCLIV    |        CCLIV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 23 March, 1873~No, that
149 CCLV     |         CCLV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 7th April, 1873~I am writing
150 CCLVI    |     philosophized about that from Nohant to Chateauroux, very comfortably
151 CCLVI    |          meet again, now? How far Nohant is from Croisset!~Yours,
152 CCLVIII  |      CCLVIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 4 July, 1873~I don’t know
153 CCLVIII  |        you.~G. Sand~Love from all Nohant.~
154 CCLX     |       talk as much of the Shah in Nohant as they do around here.
155 CCLXI    |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 30 August, 1873~Where are
156 CCLXIII  |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 3d October, 1873~The existence
157 CCLXV    |          theatrical managers.~All Nohant embraces you and I embrace
158 CCLXVI   |       master! When shall we meet? Nohant is very far away! and I
159 CCLXVII  |         me on New Year’s day. All Nohant loves you and smacks you,
160 CCLXIX   |       CCLXIX. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 15 February, 1874~Everything
161 CCLXXI   |       CCLXXI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, March, 1874~Our two little
162 CCLXXV   |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 10 April, 1874~Those who
163 CCLXXVII |     CCLXXVII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 4th May, 1874~Let them
164 CCLXXVII |       Iphigenie, for two weeks in Nohant last autumn. Ah! yes, there
165 CCLXXX   |       CCLXXX. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 6th July, 1874 (Yesterday,
166 CCLXXXI  |            to resign your habits, Nohant and the dear little girls.
167 CCLXXXIII|    CCLXXXIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 5th November, 1874~What,
168 CCLXXXV  |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 8th December, 1874~Poor
169 CCLXXXVI |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 16th January, 1875~I too,
170 CCLXXXIX |     CCLXXXIX. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 25th March, 1875~Don’t
171 CCXC     |         CCXC. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 7th May, 1875~You leave
172 CCXC     |           in this lovely weather? Nohant is now STREAMING with flowers,
173 CCXCIV   |       CCXCIV. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 15 August~My poor, dear,
174 CCXCVI   |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 7th September, 1875~You
175 CCXCVII  |      CCXCVII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 8th October, 1875~Well,
176 CCXCVIII |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 15 November, 1875~So you
177 CCC      |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 18th and 19th December,
178 CCCII    |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, in Paris Nohant, 12th January, 1876~My cherished
179 CCCIII   |       CCCIII. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Nohant, 6th March, 1876~I am writing
180 CCCIV    |        GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Paris Nohant, 8th March, 1876~You scorn
181 CCCVI    |    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset Nohant, 15th March, 1876~I should
182 CCCXI    |          GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Sunday, Nohant, 5th April, 1876.~Victor
183 CCCXVI   |         of you? Shall you stay in Nohant? That good old house must
184 CCCXVI   | distressing.~Plauchut is still in Nohant, I suppose. Tell him that
185 CCCXVI   |          I did on the stairway at Nohant, and your little girls.~