The house of George Sand in Nohant

The backdrop to passions, misfortunes, and shared experiences, and a site of inspiration and creativity?Nohant is all this and more. Inextricably linked to George Sand, this "large imposing house" stil) resonates with the aura of its brilliant mistress.

In Story of My Life, the writer leaves a moving testimony to her unwavering devotion: "But 1 did have the home of my memories
to shelter the future memories of my children. Are we really justified in holding on so tightly to these dwellings filled with gentle and cruel images, the history of our own lives written on all the walls in mysterious, indelible characters, which at each shock to the soul, fill us with deep emotion, or childish superstition?"