Abstract
This interactive novel Gabriel is an early work by the transvestite George Sand and was written in April 1839. The story tells the tragic life of the heroine who by a ruse of her grandfather has been brought up as a man. She falls in love with her cousin, and later has an unhappy marriage, ending with her murder. There are not a few common points between the heroine and Sand. Gabriel has begun to be recognized recently as one of the works that best represents the author's thoughts on womanhood, although it had not received much attention in the past. This thesis examines the symbolism represented by the heroine's transvestism as well as Sand's thoughts reflected through descriptions of the heroine's clothes. The author shows how the heroine's transvestism serves as a device to denounce the subordination of women in marriage and the family system.
