Stendhal

Written in just fifty-two days in the year 1839, "The Charterhouse of Parma" has since become known as Stendhal's finest work. Evidence of haste is infrequently apparent in this remarkable story, which follows the eventful life of the young Italian nobleman Fabrizio del Dongo. From his childhood in the family castle by Lake Como to the battlefields of Waterloo, Fabrizio proves himself charmingly headstrong and painfully naïve. Upon returning injured...

Une édition de référence de Le Rouge et le Noir de Stendhal, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. Madame de Rênal s'appuya sur son bras, et avec tant d'abandon que sa joue sentit la chaleur de celle de Julien. Les nuits de ces deux êtres furent bien différentes. Madame de Rênal était exaltée par les transports de la volupté morale la plus élevée. Une jeune fille coquette qui aime de bonne heure s'accoutume...

First published in 1830, "The Red and the Black," is widely considered the masterpiece of 19th century French author Marie-Henri Beyle, known more commonly by his pen name, Stendahl. It follows the ambitions of Julien Sorel, a young man raised in the French countryside who wishes to rise above his provincial station by climbing the social ranks of Parisian society. Through a series of events, Julien's talent and hard work give way to deception and...

This book contains the memoirs of Stendahl or in his own words the 'chatter about his private life' between 1821 and 1830. It was between these dates that he moved to Paris and here looks back on his life as an eccentric bachelor. 'As well as Beyle the clairvoyant self-investigator, the sardonic analyst of Parisian salon society and deliberate cultivator of wit, here emerges Beyle the despairing lover, the Shakespearean enthusiast, whose romantic...

Le don Juan de Molière est galant sans doute, mais avant tout il est homme de bonne compagnie; avant de se livrer au penchant irrésistible qui l'entraîne vers les jolies femmes, il tient à se conformer à un certain modèle idéal, il veut être l'homme qui serait souverainement admiré à la cour d'un jeune roi galant et spirituel.

Henri-Marie Beyle, better known as Stendhal (Grenoble, January 23, 1783 – Paris, March 23, 1842), was a French writer renowned for his keen analysis of the feelings of his characters. His first masterpiece, "The Red and the Black," was published in 1830. It is an analytical chronicle of French society during the Restoration period, in which Stendhal depicted the ambitions and contradictions of his time, emphasizing the psychological analysis of...

Der Roman beginnt im Mailand des Jahres 1796, nachdem Napoleon die Stadt während seines Italienfeldzugs erobert hatte. Während der Marchese del Dongo und sein älterer Sohn Ascanio als Parteigänger der vertriebenen Habsburger und Reaktionäre die Revolutionstruppen verabscheuen und sich aufs Land zurückziehen, begrüßt der jüngere Sohn Fabrizio die französische Armee als Befreier der Italiener von politischer Rückständigkeit. Fabrizios Mutter...

Stendhal nous invite à visiter Bordeaux en sa compagnie. Cette étude de mœurs, texte mal connu de Stendhal, est ancrée dans une ville qui séduit le voyageur par son histoire et par la présence tutélaire de ses grands anciens, au premier rang desquels figure Montesquieu. Elle se double du regard acéré du critique d'art. La description de Bordeaux passe ainsi par celle minutieuse de ses monuments, à l'exemple de son fameux théâtre, et...

"Recollections of an Italian Gentleman" is a tale of a young man turned collaborator in a Rome occupied by French troops and then annexed to Napoleon's empire. The young collaborator recalls the events that marked these turbulent days, among them the abduction of the Pope by the French--His Holiness fiddled with his snuffbox during the entire operation--and the trial and execution of the notorious bandit Spatolino.Genre: novellaLength: 10,900 wordsDate...

One of the world's greatest writers-in love with a great city. In a fascinating travel book, Stendhal carries the reader along with him on a grand tour of Rome. Described with all the wit and sensitivity of a master storyteller, incomparable Rome comes breathtakingly alive. No one but the author of The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma could capture the city's spell so magically: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, St. Peter's, the Forum, fountains,...