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In 1818, when Stendhal was in his mid-thirties, he 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.

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Headstrong and naive, the young Italian aristocrat Fabrizio del Dongo is determined to defy the wrath of his right-wing father and go to war to fight for Napoleon. He stumbles on the Battle of Waterloo, ill-prepared, yet filled with enthusiasm for war and glory. This work blends the intrigues of the Italian court with the excitement of youth.

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"Shocking at the time of its original publication, startling in its relevance today, Stendhal's masterpiece is a scorching social satire, a ... detailed portrait of a fraught moment in history and, as perhaps the first psychological novel, a ... precursor to modern literature at once comical and tragic, cerebral and passionate"--

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In this account of a disillusioned soul failing to come to terms with reality, the novelist recreates the Byronic anti-hero in the context of post-revolutionary France where the church, politics and society itself are in upheaval.

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A story of passion and political intrigue in which the young and impulsive Fabrizzio finds himself caught between the love of two women and the wars of their aristocratic factions. "The Charterhouse of Parma" is a study of disillusion and a testament to Stendhal's love-affair with Italy.

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The Life of Henry Brulard is a vivid memoir that is also an extraordinary work of the imagination.

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Details Rossini's early life followed by discussions in the operas, libretti, personalities of the period, and on Rossini's own character. This work includes a whole chapter devoted to his sense of humour.

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Nine bloody, revenge-filled tales several translated for the first time from French writer Stendhal