In this vigorous and fast-moving novel of post-Napoleonic France, Julien Sorel's plans to reach the higher echelons of society through the priesthood are defelected by his realization that the attainment of happiness is of greater consequence than...
Der Roman über die zwei Dinge, die für Stendhal die wichtigsten seines Lebens waren: Italien und die Liebe. Fern seiner Wahlheimat, im Paris von 1839, schrieb er in nur 53 Tagen jenes Werk, das heute zu den größten der Weltliteratur...
Headstrong and naïve, the young Italian aristocrat Fabrizio del Dongo is determined to defy the wrath of his right-wing father and go to war to fight for Napoleon. He stumbles on the Battle of Waterloo, ill-prepared, yet filled with enthusias...
Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon realizing that success can only be achieved by adopting the subtle code of hypocrisy by which society operates, he begins to achieve advancement through decei...
C'est le parcours tragique de Fabrice, fils de la Révolution, engagé dans les troupes napoléoniennes fait prisonnier en Italie. Il est libéré par celle qu'il aime, Clélia Conti qui lui donnera un fils....
A blend of poetry, anecdote, philosophy and social observation. Though it ranges over a wide variety of topics from courtly love to the emancipation of women, central to the book is Stendhal's account of love - an intense, romantic and generally unrequite...