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Marie-Henri Beyle (French: [maʁi ɑ̃ʁi bɛl]; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (UK: / ˈ s t ɒ̃ d ɑː l /, US: / s t ɛ n ˈ d ɑː l, s t æ n ˈ-/, [1] [2] [3] French: [stɛ̃dal, stɑ̃dal]), [a] was a French writer.
Stendhal (born January 23, 1783, Grenoble, France—died March 23, 1842, Paris) was one of the most original and complex French writers of the first half of the 19th century, chiefly known for his works of fiction. His finest novels are Le Rouge et le noir (1830; The Red and the Black) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839; The Charterhouse of Parma).
Le Rouge et le Noir (French pronunciation: [lə ʁuʒ e l(ə) nwaʁ]; meaning The Red and the Black) is a historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in 1830. [1] It chronicles the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception, and ...
Stendhal was the pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, a major author and minor bureaucrat, whose life spanned the turbulent period from the French Revolution to the July Monarchy, and whose writing helped mark the advent of both Romanticism and realism in French literature.
Stendhal - Novels, Essays, Biographies: During Stendhal’s lifetime, his reputation was largely based on his books dealing with the arts and with tourism (a term he helped introduce in France), and on his political writings and conversational wit.
Stendhal , orig. Marie-Henri Beyle, (born Jan. 23, 1783, Grenoble, France—died March 23, 1842, Paris), French novelist. He left for Paris in 1799 partly to escape his father’s rule.
Jun 27, 2018 · Stendhal (1783–1842) (Marie Henri Beyle) French novelist, whose debut work, Armance, appeared to critical scorn in 1827. Today, Stendhal is regarded as a major precursor of psychological realism.
