# Dedication explained — Mauprat

> Chapter companion for Mauprat by George Sand.

## What happens

George Sand dedicates the tale to Gustave Papet, acknowledging that the story draws from the cottages of the Noire valley and invoking the phrase 'Sancta Simplicitas.'

## Key lines

> Though fashion may proscribe the patriarchal fashion of dedications, I would ask you, brother and friend, to accept this of a tale which is not new to you.

Even though it's no longer trendy to write formal dedications, I still want to offer you this story, which you already know.

_Sand acknowledges the old-fashioned nature of dedications but insists on offering the tale to Papet._

> I have drawn my materials in part from the cottages of our Noire valley.

Some of my inspiration came from the humble homes in our shared valley of Noire.

_Sand credits the local rural setting as a source for her story._

> May we live and die there, repeating every evening our beloved invocation: Sancta Simplicitas!

I hope we can spend our entire lives in that valley, each night cherishing the simple, holy life.

_Sand expresses a wish for a lifelong connection to the simple, sacred life of the valley._

## Links

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