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| '''Marie-Henri Beyle''' ([[January 23]], [[1783]] – [[March 23]], [[1842]]), better known by his [[penname]] '''Stendhal''', was a [[19th-century]] [[France|French]] [[writer]]. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' [[psychology]], he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of [[Realism in literature|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). | '''Marie-Henri Beyle''' ([[January 23]], [[1783]] – [[March 23]], [[1842]]), better known by his [[penname]] '''Stendhal''', was a [[19th-century]] [[France|French]] [[writer]]. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' [[psychology]], he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of [[Realism in literature|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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| His other works include short stories, journalism, travel books (among them ''Rome, Naples et Florence'' and ''Promenades dans Rome''), a famous collection of essays on Italian painting, critical essays on [[Jean Racine|Racine]] and [[Shakespeare]], and biographies of several prominent figures of his time, including [[Napoleon]], [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]], and [[Metastasio]]. | His other works include short stories, journalism, travel books (among them ''Rome, Naples et Florence'' and ''Promenades dans Rome''), a famous collection of essays on Italian painting, critical essays on [[Jean Racine|Racine]] and [[Shakespeare]], and biographies of several prominent figures of his time, including [[Napoleon]], [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]], and [[Metastasio]]. | ||
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Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842), better known by his penname 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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Works
Novels
- Armance (1827)
- Le Rouge et le Noir (variously translated as Scarlet and Black, Red and Black, The Red and the Black, 1830)
- La Chartreuse de Parme (1839) (The Charterhouse of Parma)
- Lucien Leuwen (1835, unfinished, published 1894)
- Lamiel (1839-42, unfinished, published 1889)
Autobiography
- The Life of Henry Brulard (1835-1836, published 1890)
Biography
- A Life of Napoleon (1817-1818, published 1929)
Novellas
- The Pink and the Green (1837, unfinished)
- Mina de Vanghel (1830, later published in La Revue des Deux Mondes)
- Vittoria Accoramboni
- Italian Chroniques, 1837 — 1839
- The Cenci (Les Cenci)
- The Duchess of Palliano (La Duchesse de Palliano)
- The Abbess of Castro (L'Abbesse de Castro, 1832)
- Vanina Vanini
Essays
- De L'Amour (1822) (On Love)
- Souvenirs d'Égotisme (Memoirs of an Egotist, published in 1892)
His other works include short stories, journalism, travel books (among them Rome, Naples et Florence and Promenades dans Rome), a famous collection of essays on Italian painting, critical essays on Racine and Shakespeare, and biographies of several prominent figures of his time, including Napoleon, Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, and Metastasio.
See also
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