. Stendhal

A Propos Stendhal: Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 - March 23, 1842), better known by his penname Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of the realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839). Le Rouge et le Noir, sous-titr� Chronique du XIXe si�cle, deuxi�me sous-titrï¿...See more

A Propos Stendhal: Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 - March 23, 1842), better known by his penname Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of the realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839). Le Rouge et le Noir, sous-titr� Chronique du XIXe si�cle, deuxi�me sous-titr� Chronique de 1830 est un roman �crit par Stendhal, publi� pour la premi�re fois � Paris chez Levasseur en novembre 1830, bien que l'�dition originale mentionne la date de 1831. C'est son deuxi�me roman, apr�s Armance. Il est cit� par William Somerset Maugham en 1954, dans son essai: Ten Novels and Their Authors parmi les dix plus grands romans. R�sum� Le roman est divis� en deux parties: la premi�re partie retrace le parcours de Julien Sorel en province � Verri�res puis � Besan�on et plus pr�cis�ment son entr�e chez les R�nal, de m�me que son s�jour dans un s�minaire; la seconde partie porte sur la vie du h�ros � Paris comme secr�taire du marquis de La Mole. See less