Armance
by Stendhal
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A classic novel of the romantic era, full of tortured love and bitter loss.Tags
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[...] Στην "Αρμάνς", πρώτο μυθιστόρημα του Σταντάλ συνυπάρχουν και αλληλοσυμπλέκονται τρία βασικά θέματα: α. η οδυνηρή περιπέτεια ενός ερωτικά ανίκανου· β. η συναισθηματική κρίση του Σταντάλ μετά την πρόσφατη, τότε, εγκατάλειψή του, από την ερωμένη του κόμισσα Κυριάλ· γ. η κοινωνική κριτική κυρίως ενάντια στην τάξη των ευγενών, την εποχή της Παλινόρθωσης. Η δράση καθηλώνεται θεληματικά σ' ένα σαλόνι. Ο show more Οκτάβιος ντε Μαλιβέρ, εσωστρεφής, ψυχολογικά καταπιεσμένος και με ορισμένα βυρωνικά χαραχτηριστικά, είναι ο αντίποδας του Ιουλιανού Σορέλ. Στην "Αρμάνς" η κοινωνική καταπίεση είναι εντονότερη εξαιτίας της καταγωγής της. Η ερωτική τους ολοκλήρωση ανακόπτεται βασικά από τη σωματική αναπηρία του Οκτάβιου. Κι οι δύο ήρωες όμως έχουν πολλά κοινά χαραχτηριστικά: ιδιόρρυθμοι, ασυμβίβαστοι, απροσάρμοστοι, αποκομμένοι απ' το κοινωνικό τους πλαίσιο, με δυό λόγια παράξενοι. [...] show less
Sep 11, 2024Greek
Stendhal entreprit la rédaction d'Armance, son premier roman, en 1826, à la suite d'une déception amoureuse. Ses héros, Octave et Armance, sont deux êtres d'exception qui se méprennent l'un sur l'autre mais parviennent, en passant par toutes les phases de la "cristallisation" stendhalienne, à l'apogée du véritable amour. Leur liaison s'achève, pour l'un dans la mort, pour l'autre derrière les murs d'un couvent. A la parution, Armance eut si peu de succès que Stendhal songea à se tuer. A présent, les critiques voient dans ce roman les signes d'un génie naissant.
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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. He detested his father, a lawyer from Grenoble, show more 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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- Canonical title
- Armance
- Original title
- Armance, ou quelques scènes d'un salon de Paris en 1827; Armance
- Alternate titles*
- Armance. Szenen aus einem Pariser Salon im J. 1827
- Original publication date
- 1827
- People/Characters
- Armance; Octave de Malivert; Madame de Malivert
- Important places
- Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; France
- Epigraph*
- It is old and plain...It is silly sooth
And dallies with the innocence of love.
Twelfth Night, act. II - Dedication*
- A Stendhal.
- First words
- Octave toccava i vent'anni appena e aveva già finito il politecnico. Suo padre, marchese de Malivert, manifestò il desiderio di veder l'unico figlio restare a Parigi.
On his twentieth birthday, Octave had just left the Ecole Polytechnique. - Quotations*
- "On échappe difficilement à la maladie de son siècle: Octave se croyait philosophe et profond" (Armance, Stendhal).
"La partie amusante de son caractère était parfaitement invisible aux gens " (Armance, Stendhal).... (show all)
"Dieu ! quelles délices de recevoir un coup de fusil dans cette tête brûlante!"(Armance, Stendhal).
"C'est comme Rousseau qui appelait son chien Turc au lieu de Duc, parce qu'il y avait un duc dans la chambre" (Armance, Stendhal). - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Poco dopo, morto il marchese de Malivert, Armance e M.me de Malivert presero il velo nello stesso convento.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Shortly afterwards, the Marquis de Malivert having died, Armance and Madame de Malivert took the veil in the same convent. - Original language*
- Französisch
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