“Nobody Here Makes Music”: Inside George Sand’s House at Nohant
She ordered his pianos, kept his accounts, and padded his doors against the noise of her own house. While Chopin composed upstairs at Nohant, George Sand was writing the great novel of music downstairs. It is time to read her again not simply as Chopin’s muse, but as the novelist, host, and collaborator who helped make that music possible.
