George Sand 1 hr 16 min read

The simple-hearted Gribouille, mocked by the world for his foolishness, proves purer and truer than the clever folk who despise him, in a tale touched with fairy magic.

George Sand's 1850 children's fantasy is a tender, allegorical fairy tale from the celebrated French novelist. Gentle, wise, quietly radical. Read it for a lovely moral fantasy that finds nobility in the 'fool' the world laughs at, from a giant of French literature.

In its time

Published in 1850, during the 1850s, fairy tale and moral fantasy for a mass reading public; the sensation novel stirs.

Reading it

1 hr 16 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Maurice Sand