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Dec 11, 2019 · The charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal, 1783-1842. Publication date 1999 Topics Young men -- Italy -- Parma -- Fiction, Italy -- Social life and customs ...
Sep 12, 2000 · The Charterhouse of Parma was my first exposure to Stendahl's writing, and I am now eager to read more. The book's Candide-like character manages -- sometimes in spite of himself -- to negotiate the intrigues and treacheries of Parma and the post-Napoleonic Italian States. At times funny and at times sad, I found this book to be always engaging.
Sep 12, 2000 · The Charterhouse of Parma. Richard Howard's exuberant and definitive rendition of Stendhal's stirring tale has brought about the rediscovery of this classic by modern readers. Stendhal narrates a young aristocrat's adventures in Napoleon's army and in the court of Parma, illuminating in the process the whole cloth of European history.
The Charterhouse of Parma. Stendhal. Modern Library, 1999 - Fiction - 507 pages. Balzac considered it the most important French novel of his time. Andre Gide later deemed it the greatest of all French novels, and Henry James judged it to be a masterpiece. Now, in a major literary event, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and distinguished translator ...
The Charterhouse of Parma ( French: La Chartreuse de Parme, Italian: La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès. It is based on the 1839 novel of the same name by Stendhal. The film's sets were created by the art directors Jean d ...
The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) is a compelling novel of passion and daring. Set at the beginning of the 19th-century in northern Italy, it traces the joyous but ill-starred amorous exploits of a handsome young aristocrat called Fabrice del Dongo.
Sep 9, 1999 · The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) is a compelling novel of passion and daring, of prisons and heroic escape, of political chicanery and sublime personal courage. Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, amidst the golden landscapes of northern Italy, it traces the joyous but ill-starred amorous exploits of a handsome young aristocrat called Fabrice del Dongo, and of his incomparable aunt ...
