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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 the hearts of princes, ministers, courtiers, and women been depicted like this...one sees perfection ...

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Brigands, convents under siege, a prince who'd do Machiavelli proud . . . This adventurous novella from a writer famous for far longer works is a singular take on love and war in Renaissance Italy. Claiming to be translating from sixteenth-century manuscripts, Stendhal tells the story of two doomed young lovers-one the daughter of the wealthiest man in the district, the other a brigand. It's a genuinely moving tale of impossible love-with plen...

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A magnificent new translation of Stendhal's picaresque novel about love and intrigue in post- Napoleonic Europe Judged by Balzac to be the most important French novel of its time, "The Charterhouse of Parma" is a classic portrait of aristocratic adventure. Fabrizio del Dongo, a headstrong and naive Italian grandee, defies the wrath of his right-wing father and goes to fight for Napoleon. But his dreams of military glory are dashed, drawing him...

Scritto tra la fine del 1829 e la prima metà del 1830, "Il rosso e il nero" è il secondo romanzo di Stendhal. L'autore ne corregge le bozze proprio durante le giornate della Rivoluzione di luglio, che liquida la Restaurazione e inaugura la monarchia borghese di Luigi Filippo. Di questo passaggio cruciale della storia francese Stendhal restituisce con crudele fedeltà non la cronaca (malgrado il sottotitolo del romanzo), ma lo spirito, muovendo ...

Ambientate in un un'Italia ottocentesca in parte fantastica, in parte reale, le avventure di Fabrizio del Dongo si snodano in una serie di incontri e peripezie al termine dei quali si trova il luogo del silenzio, lo spazio simbolico dell'isolamento e della rinuncia: la Certosa di Parma. È un romanzo modernissimo, profondamente "realista". Stendhal vi riassume a un tempo lo spaesamento che la nascente società borghese determina nell'individuo e...

Attractive, clever, a cavalry officer and very rich, young Leuwen had everything necessary for happiness and success--everything except belief in himself and the social order of his time. It is the period of King Louis-Philippe, when an induced conservatism was atrophying France after the cataclysm of the Revolution and the glorious illusion that was Napoleon. Here is an historical novel which is the real thing--a portrait without equal of a t...

Determined to take his deeply loved younger sister Pauline's education in hand, Henri Beyle--better known by the most famous of his scores of noms de plume, Stendhal--was obliged to continue her tuition in epistolary fashion on leaving Grenoble. In his letters to her he instructs her in what she should read (Plutarch, Molière, and Shakespeare), what to study (philosophy, logic, mathematics, and music), whether or not to get married (and to wha...

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The tale of social-climbing, arriviste Julien Sorel brilliantly captures the contradictions and hypocrisies permeating French society under the Bourbon Restoration. Using his formidable intellect, innate cunning and charm, Julien clambers his way to the top, manipulating and seducing those who have the power to give him the social status he desires. However, Julien's idealism and Napoleonic ambitions are always simmering just below the surface...

A French classical romance by De Stendhal and an author profile.

A French classical romance by De Stendhal and an author profile.

Arranca con una suerte de prólogo sobre el siglo XVI y la mentalidad de los florentinos. De repente el tono cambia al de un manuscrito que narra un amor imposible entre un bandido bueno y una joven noble.

Il Medioevo italiano ha inventato, secondo Stendhal, la passione perché ha creato la città libera che era una società della passione. Nelle città italiane del XII, XIII e XIV secolo regnavano il caos, la lotta delle fazioni, i massacri, le vendette, le proscrizioni, le catastrofi, segni evidenti di vitalità. Regnava, in esse, il fuoco sacro dell'energia e della libertà. Poi, con l'avvento dei tiranni, loro pure figli della libertà e della pass...