George Sand and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

This paper examines the influence of George Sand's works on nineteenth-century Hispanic writers, especially Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. Parallels between Sand's Indiana and Avellaneda's Sab, the theme of unrequited love, the father-daughter relationship and the importance of secondary women characters are examined. Although Sand and Avellaneda give what appears to be totally different endings to their novels, the conclusions to be drawn from these endings are the same. They both emphasize the repressive nature of a European male-dominated society that holds women and all other races in bondage. (SB/FK)