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BSU is releasing a digitised collection of 151 letters written by the writer George Sand (1804-1876) to her friend, the painter Louis-Eugène Lambert (1825-1900). His correspondence was donated in 1938 by his second wife to the University of Paris, which deposited it in the library of the Institute of French Language and Literature, whose collections were added to the Ascoli Library in 1971. Louis-Eugène Lambert was a close friend of the writer George Sand. He was the set designer for her plays before becoming a successful animal painter. Their correspondence, of which you will be able a part, demonstrates the strong bond they shared.