George Sand 
The Bagpipers 
Historical Novel

The novel takes place between Berry and Bourbonnais and it tells the story of the life of the ‘bagpipes’, at the end of the 18th century. The novel is divided into thirty-two evenings, where the narrator Étienne Depardieu, recounts his life with his cousin Brulette, and their friend Joseph living in Berry. Joseph will meet masters of the bagpipes of Bourbonnais who will transmit to him the knowledge of ‘music’.

Sobre o autor

George Sand (1804-1876) is a pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, a French novelist, memoirist, and journalist. She was one of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac. Sand is recognized as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era.