
Le Rouge et le Noir
The central entry point to Stendhal's mature fiction and psychological realism.

Author guide
Stendhal was the pen name of Henri Beyle, a French writer whose fiction, criticism, travel writing, autobiographical works, journals, and political essays helped shape modern psychological realism. His major novels include Armance, Le Rouge et le Noir, La Chartreuse de Parme, and the unfinished Lucien Leuwen and Lamiel. He also wrote influential works on love, Romanticism, Italian art, music, travel, and his own life.
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The central entry point to Stendhal's mature fiction and psychological realism.

A self-contained major novel and one of Stendhal's most acclaimed works.

The clearest introduction to Stendhal's influential ideas about passion and psychology.
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novel · 1827
novel · 1839
ROMAN HISTORIQUE Jeune noble italien, Fabrice de Dongo rêve d'aventure et de gloire militaire. Voilà pourquoi il rejoint l'armée de Napoléon et assiste à la bataille de Waterloo. Après avoir passé trois années à Naples, il tue…
novella-collection · 1839
fiction-collection · 1854
novel · 1889
novel · 1894
Roman inachevé et posthume de Stendhal, sur fond de Monarchie de juillet. Lucien a été souvent perçu comme un personnage tel que l'auteur aurait aimé être, fils d'un banquier riche et puissant, polytechnicien, militaire puis fonctionnaire…
biography · 1814
art criticism · 1817
travel writing · 1817
biography · 1823
travel writing · 1829
travel writing · 1838
art criticism · 1840
biography · 1875
journal · 1888
memoir · 1890
memoir · 1892
travel journal · 1911
travel writing · 1930
philosophical notes · 1931
art criticism · 1932
travel writing · 1932
history · 2007
short-story-collection · 1855
short-story-collection · 1855
essay · 1822
essay · 1823
Very good intro by Leon Delbos (1906) on Stendhal and Romaticism - but the most important pages, the ones dealing with Shakespeare et Racine, are missing: the intro here goes from pxvii to pxxiv.
pamphlet · 1825
essay · 1840
essay-collection · 1867
essay · 1930
essay-collection · 1933
essay-collection · 1935
play-collection · 1931
correspondence · 1855
miscellany · 1936