Indiana (novel)

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Indiana
Author George Sand
Country France
Publisher
Released 1831

Indiana is a novel written by George Sand in 1831. It is a realist, idealist, and romantic novel that deals with the problems of marriage in post Napoleon France. In the story an attractive, young Creole from Reunion Island named Indiana marries a much older man named Colonel Delmare, who had been a Lieutenant in Napoleon's army, and who was a successful industrialist. Indiana does not love him, and searches for someone who will love her fully and passionately.