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Come un testamento Stendhal scrisse 23 desideri stravaganti e infantili.
Datati «10 aprile 1840, Maro» (anagramma di Roma), Stendhal scrisse I privilegi, a 57 anni, due anni prima di morire. Si aprono con la formula: «God mi conceda il seguente privilegio»; seguono 23 desideri stravaganti, infantili di geniale precisione (amabilissimi, insomma) com'era Stendhal.
L'opera di Stendhal, pseudonimo di Henri Beyle (Grenoble, 1783-Parigi, 1842), si inserisce, di solito, all'interno del movimento romantico, ma si tratta di un romanticismo condizionato dalla formazione illuministica e dalla filosofia atea e materialista. Considerato il fondatore del realismo moderno, i suoi scritti più famosi sono: Passeggiate romane, Considerazioni sull'amore, Il rosso e il nero (che inaugurò la stagione del grande romanzo realistico), La certosa di Parma. Di Stendhal questa casa editrice ha pubblicato Racine e Shakespeare (1980), Di un nuovo complotto contro gli industriali (1988) e I privilegi (1992).

31 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1840

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Stendhal

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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).

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June 5, 2017
A minuscule masterpiece!! Stendhal mixes his deepest desires (he is an aging man) with a magical otherworldly code. "The privileged will be able to transform into an animal 8 times a year". "The privileged will be able to merge with his animal twenty five times a year" and the genius mixes these two crazy statements to produce: "hence the privileged who has transformed into a fly will merge with the eagle he rides"!!
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February 1, 2026
Chi non vorrebbe poter trasformarsi in mosca per cavalcare un aquila e quindi potersi fondere con la sua mente?
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December 31, 2011
Micro livre de stendhal sur les pouvoirs dont il se doterait. Drôle et original.
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