Mauprat

"Mauprat" by George Sand is a story about overcoming a dark family history, with love and change as the main focus. The story happens in the early 1800s and follows Bernard Mauprat, who comes from a family famous for being mean and unfair. The book is written in a way that makes you think, with a person telling the story of how bad the Mauprat family was. Bernard grew up in Roche-Mauprat, a gloomy castle that represents his family's past. He struggles with his family's awful reputation and wants to be better than them. Even though he was raised to be cruel, he wants to be good, showing that the story will be about him finding himself and making up for his family's mistakes as Bernard starts to tell his story to the reader.