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J'ai un but, une tâche, disons le mot, une passion. Le métier d'écrire en est une violente et presque indestructible."[Letter to Jules Boucoiran, 4 March 1831]
J'ai un but, une tâche, disons le mot, une passion. Le métier d'écrire en est une violente et presque indestructible."[Letter to Jules Boucoiran, 4 March 1831]
Approximate author period: c. 1840 AD · industrial
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- George Sand
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- Approximate author period: c. 1840 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for George Sand: life dates 1804 to 1876. Wikidata Q3816, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3816 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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