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Gen Z but two centuries ago

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By Emily Herring
| Aeon Verified
In 1833, the French dramatist and poet Alfred de Musset travelled to Venice with his lover, the novelist best known by her pen name, George Sand. The voyage was meant to ease the tensions of their turbulent relationship but, soon after they arrived, they both fell ill. As Musset’s condition deteriorated, Sand became infatuated with the Italian doctor who treated them. After a series of violent and jealous quarrels, Musset returned to Paris to do what he did best: write.
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Gen Z but two centuries ago

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By Emily Herring, Nigel Warburton Verified
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In 1833, the French dramatist and poet Alfred de Musset travelled to Venice with his lover, the novelist best known by her pen name, George Sand. The voyage was meant to ease the tensions of their turbulent relationship but, soon after they arrived, they both fell ill. As Musset’s condition deteriorated, Sand became infatuated with the Italian doctor who treated them. After a series of violent and jealous quarrels, Musset returned to Paris to do what he did best: write.
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Gen Z but two centuries ago - Emily Herring

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By Emily Herring
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Gen Z but two centuries ago A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise by Emily Herring  BIO Problem (Symposium) (1894) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Courtesy Wikimedia is a writer based in Paris, France. She is the author of Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People (2024), and her writing has appeared in the Times Literary Supplement.
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