$24.00
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1975
Summary
Stendhal’s intensely personal and yet universal work on Love
In 1818, when he was in his mid-thirties, Stendhal met and fell passionately in love with the beautiful Mathilde Dembowski. She, however, was quick to make it clear that she did not return his affections, and in his despair he turned to the written word to exorcise his love and explain his feelings. The result is an intensely personal dissection of the process of falling - and being - in love- a unique blend of poetry, anecd…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140443073 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014044307X |
| Author: | Stendhal, B. Knight, Jean Stewart, Gilbert Sale, Suzanne Sale |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1975 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Stendhal
Marie Henri Beyle, known as Stendhal (1783 - 1842) fought during the Napoleonic wars. After Napolean’s fall, he retired to Italy and began to write under his pseudonym. In 1821 he left Italy and returned to France, where he completed Love. The Red and the Black was his second novel, and he completed three others.
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