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Marie-Henri Beyle
(1783–1842)
 

Better known by his pen name Stendhal. 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.

Marie-Henri Beyle

Works

Novels

  • Armance (1827)
  • The Red and the Black (Le Rouge et le Noir, 1830)
  • The Charterhouse of Parma (La Chartreuse de Parme, 1839)
  • Lucien Leuwen (1835, unfinished, published 1894)
  • Lamiel (1839-1842, unfinished, published 1889)

Autobiography

  • The Life of Henry Brulard (1835-1836, published 1890)

Biography

  • A Life of Napoleon (1817-1818, published 1929)
  • The Lives of Haydn and Mozart, 1814
  • Life of Rossini, 1826

Essays

  • On Love (De l’amour, 1822)
  • Memoirs of an Egotist (Souvenirs d’égotisme, published in 1892)
  • Racine and Shakespeare, 1825

Travel

  • Rome, Naples, Florence, 1817

Novellas

  • The Pink and the Green (1837, unfinished)
  • Mina de Vanghel (1830)
  • Vittoria Accoramboni
  • Italian Chroniques, 1837 — 1839
    • The Abbess of Castro (L’Abbesse de Castro, 1832)
    • The Duchess of Palliano (La Duchesse de Palliano)
    • Vanina Vanini
    • The Cenci (Les Cenci)

Works about Beyle

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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