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Literary movement. Realism, Romanticism. Marie-Henri Beyle ( French: [maʁi ɑ̃ʁi bɛl]; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal ( UK: / ˈstɒ̃dɑːl /, US: / stɛnˈdɑːl, stænˈ -/, [ 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 ).
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 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.
The Red and the Black, novel by Stendhal, published in French in 1830 as Le Rouge et le noir. The novel, set in France during the Second Restoration (1815–30), is a powerful character study of Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man who uses seduction as a tool for advancement.
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]
Stendhal has 1605 books on Goodreads with 285846 ratings. Stendhal’s most popular book is The Red and the Black.
Jun 27, 2018 · The works of the French author Stendhal (1783-1842) mark the transition in France from romanticism to realism. His masterpieces—The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma—provide incisive and ironic depictions of love and the will to power.
Stendhal uses his addled hero to satirize French society of the time, particularly the hypocrisy and materialism of its aristocracy and of the Catholic Church, and to foretell a radical change in French society that will remove both of those forces from their positions of power.
Would the death of the aristocracy mark the death of French society? Stendhal's comparison of the gamble of revolution to the red and black of a roulette wheel, presents a harrowing glimpse of the volatility of French politics--a vision that still fascinates readers today. Previous section Full Book Summary
