This slate stele reminds us of the passage of the writer who was charmed by Revin's landscapes, so much so that she was inspired by them to write her novel "Despite-Everything".
Built thanks to the assistance of the Municipality and the Society of Ardennes Writers, the stele was inaugurated on May 31, 1953, in the presence of André Maurois, Academician and biographer of George Sand.
Built thanks to the assistance of the Municipality and the Society of Ardennes Writers, the stele was inaugurated on May 31, 1953, in the presence of André Maurois, Academician and biographer of 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 “Despite Everything” 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: Yesterday evening, after crossing the delicious resorts of Revin and Fumay through the rain, we found in Givet the best of our lodgings and not at all expensive: Hôtel du Mondor. Remember. I sleep there quickly and well. Toto is sick in the night; her mother is not sleeping and they cannot continue…”
Free tour
Despite Everything being the place where the action of George Sand's book largely takes place.
Text taken from the novel “Despite Everything” 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: Yesterday evening, after crossing the delicious resorts of Revin and Fumay through the rain, we found in Givet the best of our lodgings and not at all expensive: Hôtel du Mondor. Remember. I sleep there quickly and well. Toto is sick in the night; her mother is not sleeping and they cannot continue…”
Free tour
Costumed
Customers
Services
Equipment
Services
To discover nearby
Musée de la Métallurgie Ardennaise
From
6 €
/ adult
