Her translation of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
's poem Hope equates spring with optimism: When winter's last reflections lie Upon the front of leafless woods, When still the north-east wind is high, Whistling and thundering, loth...
Friends, Associates
George Sand
It was while working for the Figaro that she met Honoré de Balzac
and the journalist Henri de Latouche
. Another writer who became a friend and mentor to her was critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
.
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