The Abbess of Castro
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2014
Summary
A Romeo-and-Juliet tale told with Stendhal’s particular biting realism– never before available on its own.Brigands, convents under siege, a prince who’d do Machiavelli proud. . . This adventurous novella from a writer famous for far longer works is a singular take on love and war in Renaissance Italy.Claiming to be translating from sixteenth-century manuscripts, Stendhal tells the story of two doomed young lovers-one the daughter of the wealthiest man in the district, the other a brigand. It’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781612193205 |
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| ISBN-10: | 161219320X |
| Author: | Henri Marie Beyle |
| Publisher: | Melville House Publishing |
| Imprint: | Melville House Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 152g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm |
| Series: | Art of the Novella |
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About The Author
Henri Marie Beyle
HENRI MARIE BEYLE (1783-1842) had a post in the Ministry of War and followed Napoleon’s campaigns before retiring to Italy. There as ‘Stendhal’, he began writing on art, music and travel. He later wrote novels, literary criticism, and various biographical and autobiographical works.
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