Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Secr%C3%A9taire_intime

Release date is 2008-09-14

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"Le secrétaire intime" by George Sand is a novel published in 1834. Louis de Saint-Julien, a young nobleman of modest means, becomes the intimate secretary to Princess Quintilia. The story revolves around the enigmatic princess, whose extraordinary character conceals a mystery that other characters strive to uncover. Inspired by Hoffmann's fantastic tales, Sand wrote this work between Paris and Venice. The Catholic Church later placed it on the Index of forbidden books, deeming it dangerous reading. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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