La Stèle George Sand

This stele is located on the "grass", a meadow on the edge of the forest which clings to the slopes of the Despite-All.
Despite Everything being the place where the action of George Sand's book largely takes place.

Text taken from the novel "Malgré-Tout" by George Sand

"Monday September 20, 1869: Good night in Charleville, a bit short. I go to bed at one o'clock; I get up at six; it doesn't matter, I feel like a charm. The weather threatens and clears up. railway, we stop at Deville, take a boat and go down the Meuse, clear and rapid to Laifour, where we order lunch in a bouty mica schist house whose appearance does not appeal to Toto. down again to the Dames de Meuse, where we approach to walk a little. What a pretty place! It's one of my paradises. We return by boat to the house of micaschiste, which is very clean and where we have a very good lunch. Fresh fish, game, exquisite butter. Spelled bread, very good. We crossed the Meuse again by boat, to catch the convoy opposite. A small well-situated station whose station master could serve as a model because of his post. will sleep at Givet.
Tuesday, September 21, 1869: Last night, after passing through the delightful resorts of Revin and Fumay in the rain, we found the best of our lodgings in Givet, and not at all expensive: the Hôtel du Mondor. Worth remembering. I slept quickly and soundly there. Toto fell ill during the night; his mother couldn't sleep, and they couldn't go on…

Self-guided tour