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Stendhal
1783–1842
A sharp observer of ambition, love, and self-deception, Stendhal brought unusual psychological depth to the nineteenth-century novel. His best-known works, The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma, remain celebrated for their restless energy and insight into human behavior.
24 Audiobooks
On Love
by Stendhal
Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 1
by Stendhal
Die Äbtissin von Castro
by Stendhal
Römerinnen: Zwei Novellen
by Stendhal
Le rouge et le noir: chronique du XIXe siècle
by Stendhal
Les Cenci
by Stendhal
De l'Amour Édition revue et corrigée et précédée d'une étude sur les oeuvres de Stendhal par Sainte-Beuve
by Stendhal
La Duchesse De Palliano
by Stendhal
L'Abbesse De Castro
by Stendhal
La Chartreuse De Parme
by Stendhal
La vie de Rossini, tome I
by Stendhal
The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830
by Stendhal
Vittoria Accoramboni
by Stendhal
La vie de Rossini, tome II
by Stendhal
Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 2
by Stendhal
The Charterhouse of Parma, Volume 2
by Stendhal
The Charterhouse of Parma, Volume 1
by Stendhal
Histoire de la peinture en Italie
by Stendhal
Rome, Naples et Florence, en 1817
by Stendhal
About the author
Born Marie-Henri Beyle in Grenoble on January 23, 1783, Stendhal was a French novelist, essayist, art historian, and diplomat who wrote under several pen names. His fiction is associated with both Romanticism and literary realism, blending vivid social observation with an intense interest in private feeling and ambition.
Stendhal published The Red and the Black in 1830 and The Charterhouse of Parma in 1839. He also wrote about art, music, travel, love, and Napoleon, drawing heavily on his experiences in Italy and across Europe.
After the political changes of 1830, he served as French consul in Civitavecchia, Italy. He died in Paris on March 23, 1842, leaving behind a body of work that later influenced modern psychological fiction.