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Consuelo or Consuela may refer to:
Consuelo is a novel by George Sand, first published serially in 1842- 1843 in La Revue indépendante, a periodical founded in 1841 by Sand, Pierre Leroux and Louis Viardot. According to the Nuttall Encyclopædia, it is "[Sand's] masterpiece; the impersonation of the triumph of moral purity over manifold temptations."
The character of Consuelo was supposedly modeled after Louis Viardot's wife, the soprano Pauline Viardot. Pauline Viardot was a good friend of both Sand's and of her lover, Frédéric Chopin.
Consuelo is a female given name meaning "solace" or "consolation" in Spanish (a reference to the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo i.e. Our Lady of Consolation). It is sometimes misspelled as "Consuela" in the English-speaking world. People with the name include:
- Consuelo Yznaga, Duchess of Manchester (1858–1909)
- Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877–1964), member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family
- Consuelo Moreno-López (1893–2004), a supercentenarian
- Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901–1979), wife of novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Consuelo Velázquez (c. 1916 – 2005), Mexican songwriter
- Consuelo Crespi (1928–2010), American-born Italian countess and editor of Italian Vogue
- Consuelo Hernández (born c. 1952), Colombian/American poet and writer
- Consuelo Silva, Texas-born singer in the Mexican ranchera genre
- Baby Consuelo, Brazilian performer and composer
- Consuelo Mack, Journalist