Chopin's affair with George Sand
This image appears in the gallery:
Chopin: Compositions, pronunciation, biography and other facts
14. Chopin's affair with George Sand
Chopin had an long and stormy affair with a novelist called George Sand after meeting her in 1836. At least, that's what she said her name was in order to get noticed in a society that didn't look favourably on female authors - her real name was Aurore Dudevant.