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The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by French writer Stendhal, published in 1839. Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, André Gide, Lampedusa, Henry James, and Ernest Hemingway.
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“The Charterhouse of Parma” is a novel by French author Stendhal, published in 1839. The book tells the story of an Italian nobleman, Fabrice del Dongo, who fights in the Napoleonic Wars and then navigates the political dynamics of the Italian Restoration era.
Mar 23, 2011 · The Charterhouse of Parma, novel by Stendhal, published in French as La Chartreuse de Parme in 1839. It is generally considered one of Stendhal’s masterpieces, second only to The Red and the Black, and is remarkable for its highly sophisticated rendering of human psychology and its subtly drawn.
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Richard Howard's exuberant and definitive rendition of Stendhal's stirring tale has brought about the rediscovery of this classic by modern readers. Stendhal narrates a young aristocrat's adventures in Napoleon's army and in the court of Parma, illuminating in the process the whole cloth of European history. As Balzac wrote, "Never before have ...
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Mar 18, 2003 · Stendhal was a French writer, but he spent much time in Italy, as he would have had to to write a book such as Charterhouse of Parma. Charterhouse of Parma (published 1839) is set in Italy, but this is in the early 19th century, before Italy became “Italy”.
The novel’s plot is inspired by Stendhal’s reading of chronicles from the Italian Renaissance and, in particular, stories of Pope Paul III, neé Alessandro Farnese, who was rumored to have had an affair with his stepmother.
Apr 17, 2011 · The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal. Fictional endings disappoint, and the conclusion of The Charterhouse of Parma is perhaps its only true imperfection. Although a highly realist novel, Stendhal manipulates his story lines to a displeasingly tidy conclusion.
