The Abbess of Castro

by Stendhal

Overview

Marie-Henri Beyle, 23 January 1783 - 23 March 1842, better known by his pen name Stendhal in English, was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839), he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781542982580
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/06/2017
Pages:	52
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

HENRI MARIE BEYLE (1783-1842) had a post in the Ministry of War and followed Napoleon's campaigns before retiring to Italy. There as 'Stendhal', he began writing on art, music and travel. He later wrote novels, literary criticism, and various biographical and autobiographical works.