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Stendhal


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in Grenoble, France
January 23, 1783

Died
March 23, 1842

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Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839). ...more

Average rating: 3.82 · 114,514 ratings · 6,014 reviews · 1,966 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Red and the Black

3.86 avg rating — 82,617 ratings — published 1830 — 2088 editions
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The Charterhouse of Parma

3.79 avg rating — 19,834 ratings — published 1839 — 9 editions
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Love

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3.62 avg rating — 2,043 ratings — published 1822 — 8 editions
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Roșu și negru #1

3.94 avg rating — 960 ratings — published 1830 — 53 editions
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Armance

3.37 avg rating — 1,082 ratings — published 1827 — 386 editions
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Lucien Leuwen

3.83 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1894 — 89 editions
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Chroniques Italiennes

3.62 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1839 — 124 editions
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Vanina Vanini

3.25 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 1829 — 2 editions
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La badessa di Castro

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3.27 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 1832 — 225 editions
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Roșu și negru #2

3.95 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 1830 — 52 editions
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“A good book is an event in my life.”
Stendhal, The Red and the Black

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”
Stendhal, Five Short Novels of Stendhal

“There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.”
Stendhal, Love

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