Project Gutenberg 2005-01-13 Public domain in the USA. 215 Sand, George 1804 1876 Dupin, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, Armandine Aurore Lucille Un hiver à Majorque Produced by George Sand project PM, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica). "Un hiver à Majorque" by George Sand is a reflective travel narrative written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the author's experiences during a winter spent on the Balearic island of Majorca, focusing on themes of travel, introspection, and the cultural observations of the island's inhabitants. Sand addresses the personal motivations behind travel, questioning the desires that compel individuals to explore distant lands while reflecting on the contrasts between fleeting enjoyment and meaningful connection to place. At the start of the book, George Sand introduces herself to a friend, discussing the allure of travel and her reflections on her experiences in Majorca. She contemplates the reasons for a person's desire to travel, suggesting it may stem from a need to escape life's burdens or find solace in a new environment. Sand recounts her arrival in Palma, Majorca, describing the lack of hospitality and the difficulty of finding suitable accommodations, which sets the tone for her critical observations about the island's culture, climate, and the peculiarities of its inhabitants. The opening establishes a vivid yet nuanced perspective on both the allure and disillusionment of travel, foreshadowing the themes that will unfold throughout her journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Sand, George, 1804-1876 -- Travel -- Spain -- Majorca French -- Spain -- Majorca -- History -- 19th century Novelists, French -- 19th century -- Biography Majorca (Spain) -- Description and travel DP PQ Text FR Voyages et pays Category: Travel Writing Category: French Literature 375600 2025-07-06T10:45:37.157782 text/html 347869 2024-10-28T21:43:40 text/html 1059992 2025-07-06T10:45:45.652724 application/epub+zip 1064443 2025-07-06T10:45:40.682715 application/epub+zip 207400 2025-07-06T10:45:38.847790 application/epub+zip 1931270 2025-07-06T10:45:48.941773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1917589 2025-07-06T10:45:44.175752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368237 2022-09-07T17:48:12.702218 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355768 2025-07-06T10:45:36.597759 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 335905 2024-10-28T21:43:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19189 2025-07-06T10:45:49.062708 application/rdf+xml 14842 2025-07-06T10:45:39.344728 image/jpeg 3862 2025-07-06T10:45:39.096753 image/jpeg 1061217 2025-07-06T10:45:37.219792 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia