The Chartreuse of Parma
Author : Stendhal
Publisher :
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 1904
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Cures for Love
Author : Stendhal
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Love
ISBN : 9780141034775
Book Description
Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include tales of blissful and all- encompassing, doomed and tragic, erotic and absurd, seductive and adulterous, innocent and murderous love. A deeply moving addition to the Penguin Great Ideas and Great Journeys series, each gorgeously packaged book will challenge all expectations of love while celebrating the beauty of its existence. All books in this series: Cures for Love Doomed Love The Eaten Heart First Love Forbidden Fruit The Kreutzer Sonata A Mere Interlude Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests The Seducer's Diary
The Red and the Black
Author : Stendhal
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 2006-11
Category :
ISBN : 1425051448
Book Description
"The Red and the Black" is a reflective novel about the rise of poor, intellectually gifted people to High Society. Set in 19th century France it portrays the era after the exile of Napoleon to St. Helena. the influential, sharp epigrams in striking prose, leave reader almost as intrigued by the author's talent as the surprising twists that occur in the arduous love life.
Gabriel's Gift
Author : Hanif. Kureishi
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571333622
Book Description
Gabriel is a fifteen-year-old North London schoolboy trying to come to terms with a new life, after the equilibrium of his family home has been shattered by the ousting of his father. Fending for himself, Gabriel is forced to grow up quickly. But a chance meeting with a seventies rock star crystallises the turbulent emotions inside Gabriel, and helps him to recognise and engage with his rare gift . . .
Lives of Haydn, Mozart and Metastasio
Author : Stendhal
Publisher : Alma Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847498489
Book Description
The 'Lives of Haydn, Mozart and Metastasio'- Stendhal's first published work – owes its inspiration to the audacious pragmatism of its author. After the collapse of the Napoleonic empire, Henri Beyle was jobless, soon destined to become a refugee and in desperate need of money. His most abiding passion in life was music, so why not write about it? Unfortunately, however, he knew next to nothing about it. So, calmly and without the slightest pang of conscience, he resolved to plunder the works of other writers – in particular those of the musicologist Giuseppe Carpani, who was annoyed and said so vociferously. The result of Stendhal's unscrupulous plagiarism is one of the most fascinating literary enigmas of all time. How is it that what started as a blatant act of piracy evolved into a work of enduring genius? Despite its unpropitious beginnings, this work represents the wrong-headedness of a genius – and the singular Louis-Alexandre-Cesar Bomet who signed the 'Lives' was already, in everything that mattered, the man who was to be Stendhal, one of the most enduring literary figures of the nineteenth century.
The Abbess of Castro
Author : Stendhal
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 46,18 MB
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8726667983
Book Description
'The Abbess of Castro' is a novella by Stendhal which recounts the untimely tragic romance between the daughter of the wealthiest man in Lazio and a penniless gangster. It may be a tale of star-crossed lovers set in Italy, but this novella is so much more than an alternative Romeo and Juliet. Beneath the surface lies an eye-opening tale of political machinations that Machiavelli would be proud of, violent family feuds and swashbuckling adventures. Claimed to be translated from 16th Century manuscripts, 'The Abbess of Castro' packs an extra punch with its extremely unsympathetic view on warfare and an acute critique on ardent individuals undone by passion. Stendhal is widely regarded to be an eminent example of Romantic Realism throughout his work and directly influenced the world-famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy in his depictions of war, especially in Tolstoy's works 'Sevastopol Sketchers', 'The Invaders', 'The Cossacks' and 'Youth and Childhood'. Stendhal (1783-1842), the pseudonym of Marie-Henry Beyle, was a French writer. A pioneer of literary realism and master of the psychological portrayals of his characters, he is best known for his novels 'The Red and the Black' (1830) and 'The Charterhouse of Parma' (1839).
The Lambs of London
Author : Peter Ackroyd
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 030738702X
Book Description
From the author of Chatterton and Shakespeare: A Biography comes a gripping novel set in London that re-imagines an infamous 19th-century Shakespeare forgery. Charles and Mary Lamb, who will in time achieve lasting fame as the authors of Tales from Shakespeare for Children, are still living at home, caring for their dotty and maddening parents. Reading Shakespeare is the siblings’ favorite reprieve, and they are delighted when an ambitious young bookseller comes into their lives claiming to possess a ‘lost’ Shakespearea play. Soon all of London is eagerly anticipating opening night of a star-studded production of the play not knowing that they have all been duped by charlatan and a fraud.
Memoirs of an Egotist
Author : Stendhal
Publisher : Horizon House Pubs
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 13,12 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Novelists, French
ISBN : 9780818002243
Book Description
Scarlet and Black
Author : Stendhal
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 1938
Category : France
ISBN :
Book Description
"In this masterpiece of success and excess, Stendehl tells the life story of a peasant, Julien Sorel, who ruthlessly rises in post-Napoleonic France employing every honourable and dishounourable device, seducing women to gain his ends, and finally -- to his own undoing -- using murder as part of his method."--Adapted from dust jacket
Vittoria Accoramboni
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Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
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