Stendhal (1783–1842)
Author of The Red and the Black
About the Author
One of the great French novelists of the nineteenth century, Stendhal (pseudonym for Marie-Henri Beyle) describes his unhappy youth with sensitivity and intelligence in his autobiographical novel The Life of Henri Brulard. It was written in 1835 and 1836 but published in 1890, long after his death. show more He detested his father, a lawyer from Grenoble, France, whose only passion in life was making money. Therefore, Stendhal left home as soon as he could. Stendhal served with Napoleon's army in the campaign in Russia in 1812, which helped inspire the famous war scenes in his novel The Red and the Black (1831). After Napoleon's fall, Stendhal lived for six years in Italy, a country he loved during his entire life. In 1821, he returned to Paris for a life of literature, politics, and love affairs. Stendhal's novels feature heroes who reject any form of authority that would restrain their sense of individual freedom. They are an interesting blend of romantic emotionalism and eighteenth-century realism. Stendhal's heroes are sensitive, emotional individuals who are in conflict with the society in which they live, yet they have the intelligence and detachment to analyze their society and its faults. Stendhal was a precursor of the realism of Flaubert. He once described the novelist's function as that of a person carrying a mirror down a highway so that the mirror would reflect life as it was, for all society. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Stendhal
Stendhal's English-Speaking Journalism / Stendhal Chroniques Pour l'Angleterre: Index: Contributions a La Presse… (1995) 7 copies
Memoires D'Un Touriste, Vol. 1: Nouvelle Edition Revue Et Augmentee D'Une Grande Partie Entierement Inedite (Classic… (1981) 5 copies
Correspondance 5 copies
Romans : Le rouge et le noir : chronique du XIXe siècle ; Armance : ou quelques scènes d'un salon de Paris en 1827 (1937) 4 copies
La cartujano de Parma; Rojo y negro 4 copies
The Abbess of Castro & Other Tales 4 copies
Théâtre 3 copies
Me langes intimes et marginalia 3 copies
Stendhal: The Complete Novels and Novellas (The Greatest Writers of All Time Book 19) (2016) 3 copies
Pensées filosofia nova 3 copies
O láske a umení 3 copies
Filosofia nova 3 copies
De l'homme 2 copies
Bordeaux 2 copies
Lamiel suivi de La fin de Lamiel 2 copies
Storie romane 2 copies
Ricordi d'egotismo 2 copies
Vanina Vanini 2 copies
Dzieła wybrane. 1, 2, 3, 4, O miłości ; Pamiętnik egotysty ; Życie Henryka Brulard. Czerwone i czarne ; Kroniki… (1982) 2 copies
Stendhal's The red and the black ; edited by W. Somerset Maugham in a new translation by Joan Charles and illustrated… (1949) 2 copies
Dzieła wybrane. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, O miłości ; Kroniki włoskie. Pamiętnik egotysty ; Życie Henryka Brulard. Czerwone… (1985) 2 copies
Czerwone i czarne. T. 1 2 copies
Vörös és fehér Lucien Leuwen — Author — 2 copies
The Life of Haydn, in a Series of Letters Written at Vienna: Followed by the Life of Mozart, with Observations on… (2015) 2 copies
Gesammelte Werke [9] 2 Lucian Leuwen 2 copies
Les incontournables de la littérature en BD. Le rouge et le noir. Stendhal. Tome 2 (2010) — Auteur illustré — 2 copies
Povídky a novely ; Italské kroniky 2 copies
Lettres intimes 2 copies
Lire et s'entraîner : Stendhal : Le Rouge et le Noir [book + sound recording] (2015) — Writer — 2 copies
Oeuvres completes 2 copies
Lamiel, (Direction) 1 copy
Vie de Rossini, Vol. 1: Suivi des Notes d'un Dilettante; Avec un Fac-Simile Hors Texte (Classic Reprint) (French… (2018) 1 copy
Vie de Napoléon 1 copy
Memoirs of Rossini: By the Author of the Lives of Haydn and Mozart (Cambridge Library Collection - Music) (2013) 1 copy
La chartreuse de Parme. En 2 volumes. Texte établi et annoté par Henri Martineau. 1949. 2 volumes… 1 copy
[Oeuvres.] Rome, Naples et Florence , par Stendhal. Nouvelle édition, illustrée de 24 gravures… 1 copy
LAMIEL II 1 copy
Rot und Schwarz Bd. 1 1 copy
Historiettes romaines 1 copy
Rot und Schwarz Bd. 2 1 copy
Oeuvres romanesques compltes 1 copy
La vie de Rossini, Tome 2 1 copy
Romans et Nouvelles Premier Edition Complete Des Nouvelles et Esquisses Romanesques de Stendhal Textes Etsablis,… (1968) 1 copy
Il rosso e il nero 1 copy
Mélanges de littérature 1 copy
50 Obras Maestras que debes leer antes de morir: Vol.2 (Bauer Classics) (Los Más Vendidos en Español)… (2020) 1 copy
Oeuvres Intimes, t. I 1 copy
Vanina Vanini 1 copy
Memoirs of a Tourist 1 copy
Dell' amore 1 copy
Les Ecrivains Realistes 1 copy
Cronache italiane 1 copy
La badessa di Castro 1 copy
Roșu și negru #2 1 copy
İtalya Hikayeleri 1 1 copy
Czerwone i czarne, Tom I, II 1 copy
İtalya Hikayeleri 2 1 copy
Cronicas Italianas 1 copy
Analyse et étude de l'oeuvre - Le Rouge et le Noir de Stendhal - Réussir son BAC Français 1re 2022 - Parcours… (2020) 1 copy
Vandringer i Rom 1 copy
Stendhal. Lamiel 1 copy
Stendhal: La Chartreuse de Parme Tome II — Author — 1 copy
Vida de Napoleón fragmentos 1 copy
Die Aebtissin von Castro 1 copy
Armance ; Lamiela 1 copy
Το κόκκινο και το μαύρο 1 copy
Listy ženám a přátelům 1 copy
Římské procházky 1 copy
Waterloo 1 copy
Czerwone i czarne T. 2 1 copy
Βικτρια Ακοραμπόνι 1 copy
le rouge et lenoir Tome 1 1 copy
Rojo y negro, tomos 1 y 2 (Ilustrado) (Siltolá, Clásicos Recuperados), con 12 ilustraciones de Henri Dubouchet… (2012) 1 copy
A romantika születése 1 copy
RELATOS 1 copy
Le Rouge et le Noir (Bac 2022): suivi du parcours « Le personnage de roman, esthétiques et valeurs » (2019) 1 copy
Le rouge e le noir 1 copy
Красное и чёрное 1 copy
Asechanzas de amor (tomo I) 1 copy
La vie de Rossini, Tome 1 1 copy
Le rouge et le noir Lecture FLE niveau B1 + CD audio (Découverte classique) (French Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Stendhal par lui-même 1 copy
Correspondance inédite 1 copy
Vita di Raffaello 1 copy
O miłości. Kroniki włoskie 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke: Romane Erzählungen Essays Memoiren Tagebücher (Vollständige deutsche Ausgaben): 61 Titel in einem… (2014) 1 copy
Stendhal művei, Zenei írások 1 copy
אם-המנזר 1 copy
Obras selectas de Stendhal 1 copy
Courrier anglais 1 copy
Lettres de Paris 1825 1 copy
Oeuvres Intimes Vol III 1 copy
Italienische Novellen 1 copy
Amistad amorosa 1 copy
RAHEBEYE KASTEROW 1 copy
D'un nouveau complot contre les industriels, suivi de "Stendhal et la querelle de l'industrie" (2001) 1 copy
Nouvelles inédites. 1 copy
Das Leben eines Sonderlings 1 copy
Elf Liebesabenteuer 1 copy
Une vie 1 copy
French Classical Romances 1 copy
Journal 1801-1823 . 1 copy
Novellen und Skizzen 1 copy
Meningen 1 copy
O VERMELHO E O NEGRO 1 copy
Esquisses de la société parisienne, de la politique et de la littérature ( 1826 - 1829 ) (1983) 1 copy
Wybór z pism różnych 1 copy
Lettres érotiques 1 copy
Stendhal a teatro 1 copy
Vie de Napoléon: fragments (3rd Edition) — Author — 1 copy
Stendhal par lui-même 1 copy
Stendhal. L'Abbesse de Castro : Suivi de Vanina Vanini, les Cenci, San Francesco a Ripa, Suora Scolastica.… (1952) 1 copy
Romanzi e racconti [vol 1/3] 1 copy
Romans et Nouvelles, Vol 2 1 copy
Romans et Nouvelles, Vol 1 1 copy
Výbor z Díla I. 1 copy
Journal, Vol 5 1 copy
Ren‘ai ron (恋愛論) 1 copy
Journal, Vol 1 1 copy
ITALYA HIKAYELERI 2 1 copy
Meisternovellen 1 copy
The Works of Stendhal 1 copy
ITALYA HIKAYELERI 1 1 copy
El sindrome de Roma 2010 1 copy
Romances e novelas 1 copy
Journal, Vol 4 1 copy
RELATOS. Selección, traducción y prólogo de Consuelo Berges. Biblioteca Básica Salvat,… (1982) 1 copy
Roma 1 copy
Le rouge et le noir - Chronologie et préface ("Notice sur le rouge et le noir") de Michel Crouzet (1983) 1 copy
Roman Journal 1 copy
Obras completas. T. 4 (Luciano Leuwen, Memorias de un turista, Lamiel, La cartuja de Parma) (1988) 1 copy
Ausgewählte Briefe Stendhals, 1800-1842 : mit einer Studie über dieEntwickelung Henri Beyles 1 copy
Projets d'autobiographie 1 copy
Melanges de litterature III 1 copy
Vie de Henri Brulard Stendhal I — Author — 1 copy
Melanges de litterature I 1 copy
Piccola guida per il viaggio in Italia (1828) : partendo da Parigi e rientrando per la Svizzera e Strasburgo (1998) 1 copy
Vie de Henri Brulard Stendhal II — Author — 1 copy
Η ΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΣΤΡΟ 1 copy
Associated Works
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 544 copies
Neoclassicism and Romanticism, 1750-1850: Sources and Documents (Sources & Documents in History of Art), Volume 2… (1970) — Contributor — 16 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Tyve mesterfortællinger — Contributor, some editions — 4 copies
I magnifici 7 capolavori della letteratura francese (eNewton Classici) (Italian Edition) (2013) 3 copies
* De Provence Lege Artis: Verhalen uit het land van Van Gogh — Contributor — 1 copy
La Chartreuse de Parme [1982 TV mini series] — Original book — 1 copy
Opowiadania Pisarzy Francuskich Dziewiętnastego Wieku — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Stendhal
- Legal name
- Beyle, Marie-Henri
- Birthdate
- 1783-01-23
- Date of death
- 1842-03-23
- Burial location
- Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Place of death
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Places of residence
- Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Milan, Italy
Trieste, Italy - Education
- L'Ecole Centrale, Grenoble, France
- Occupations
- soldier
consul
novelist
government administrator
literary critic
autobiographer - Relationships
- Gagnon, Henri (maternal grandfather)
Daru, Pierre (cousin)
Swanton Belloc, Louise (friend) - Organizations
- Freemasons
- Awards and honors
- Legion d'Honneur (1835)
- Agent
- Crozet
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