Of all his books, Love was Stendhal's favorite. Written at a critical time in his life when his own love had been rejected, the book is a thinly disguised picture of the author's innermost feelings. Though it ranges over a wide variety of topics from cour
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, illuminati
Memoirs of an Egotist, Stendhal’s fragmentary autobiographical work, is alert, wry, and perpetually self-questioning. Through a series of apparently random impressions of the political, social, and artistic movements of the world around him, he imbues a
«- Je vous parlerai comme à moi-même, dit Octave avec impétuosité. Il y a des moments où je suis beaucoup plus heureux, car enfin j'ai la certitude que rien au monde ne pourra me séparer de vous ; mais, ajouta-t-il... et il tomba dans un de ces mom
The Life of Henry Brulard is the autobiography of one of France's greatest writers, Stendhal, author of The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. Here, writing at white heat and with such ferocious honesty and indignation that his book was to r
- Eh bien ! puisque votre lâcheté le veut, moi-même je tuerai mon père...Animés par ce peu de paroles fulminantes, et craignant quelque diminution dans le prix convenu, les assassins rentrèrent résolument dans la chambre, et furent suivis par les f
A rich and beautiful Italian princess falls in love with an Italian peasant fighting to free Italy. The Catholic church appears to be oppressing the country. Using wealth and cunning, she tries to "free" her lover from his cause. Things do not go well. It
Ask yourself: If at the end of the year, you had accomplished one thing, what is the one accomplishment that would make the biggest difference to your happiness? Next
