broussac

Updated: May 8, 2025

Before we peep into Chopin's room and watch him at work, let us see what the chateau of Nohant and life there were like. Matthew Arnold in an account of a visit paid by him to George Sand: From Vierzon to Chateauroux one travelled by an ordinary diligence, from Chateauroux to La Chatre by a humbler diligence, from La Chatre to Broussac by the humblest diligence cf. all.

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2

At Broussac diligence ended, and PATACHE began. Between Chateauroux and La Chatre, a mile or two before reaching the latter place, the road passes by the village of Nohant. The chateau of Nohant, in which Madame Sand lived, is a plain house by the roadside, with a walled garden. Down in the meadows not far off flows the Indre, bordered by trees. The Chateau of Nohant is indeed, as Mr.

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2