The Charterhouse of Parma

stendhal richard howard arthur schurig c.k. scott moncrieff robert andrew parker

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 in every detail."

With beautiful illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker.

Genres classicsfictionfrancefrench literatureliterature19th centuryhistorical fictionnovelsromanceitaly

532 pages, Paperback

First published March 1,1839

Places

parma, italy, waterloo, emilia-romagna,

This edition

Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Published: September 12, 2000 by Random House Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780679783183
ASIN: 0679783180
Language: English

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About the author

stendhal

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).