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| Original Title: | La Chartreuse de Parme |
| ISBN: | 0679783180 (ISBN13: 9780679783183) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Fabrice del Dongo, Gina del Dongo, Clelia Conti, Count Mosca, Rassi, Fabio Conti, Ferrante Palla, Prince Ranuce-Erneste IV, Prince Ranuce-Erneste V |
| Setting: | Parma(Italy) |
Stendhal
Paperback | Pages: 532 pages Rating: 3.82 | 14025 Users | 538 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Charterhouse of Parma |
| Author | : | Stendhal |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 532 pages |
| Published | : | September 12th 2000 by Modern Library (first published March 1839) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Cultural. France. European Literature. French Literature. Literature |
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Richard Howard's exuberant and definitive rendition of Stendhal's stirring tale has brought about the rediscovery of this classic by modern readers. Stendhal narrates a young aristocrat's adventures in Napoleon's army and in the court of Parma, illuminating in the process the whole cloth of European history. As Balzac wrote, "Never before have the hearts of princes, ministers, courtiers, and women been depicted like this...one sees perfection in every detail."With beautiful illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker.
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Ratings: 3.82 From 14025 Users | 538 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books The Charterhouse of Parma
It's not often that I enjoy a book about a playboy who fights in battles, takes up religion because it's the easy track, and deals with the politics of court.And yet... ahh, Stendhal, how I love your works.The Charterhouse of Parma is full of the same sarcasm, comments on society, and "dark" humor that flavors his other works (The Red and the Black, anyone?). It's a splendid book all around: wonderfully written (translated beautifully in my opinion), full of characters that are wretched andI dont know what my expectations were, but certainly I never expected a soap-opera. A great soap-opera, though, that kept me intrigued by the most part.I also did not expect the stream of consciousness, the lightness and the sense that Stendhal was breaking the writing rules, of his time and even of ours. I cannot let go of the feeling that Stendhal would had been better under the guidance of a good editor. Some passages are too long, some are too short. Important information is thrown at us
I read The Red And The Black a few months ago and decided to follow it up with The Charterhouse of Parma. I feel The Red And The Black is the better book. Julien Sorel is one of the most interesting and complex characters in literature and the books architecture was very well thought out. Nevertheless, both books are well deserving of their high reputations.Of all the novelists of his era, Stendhal was perhaps the most passionate music lover. He wrote books on Haydn, Mozart, Rossini and others.
I picked this up last month because I'm a huge fan of The Red And The Black, easily one of my top five novels. Stendahl was a nineteenth century French satirist who bascially invented the realistic psychological novel, and The Red And The Black is a wicked black comedy about a cunning young priest who plots to become Pope, and his subsequent adventures in high society. Like I say I loved this book so I had high hopes for Charterhouse.Unfortunately, in my opinion after a promising start this book
"Politics, in a work of literature ," Stendhal once said , "are like a pistol-shot in the middle of a concert, something crude which, nevertheless, one can't possibly ignore." Stendhal's remark explodes at point-blank in this novel "The Charterhouse of Parma", the epic tale of a young French officer in the Napoleonic wars, and his aunt - a duchess of legendary beauty and resourcefulness. Unlike the darkness of the "Red and Black", "The Charterhouse of Parma" is a comic masterpiece; a classic of
I read this novel after finishing The Red and the Black, which I thought was the far better novel of the two. The scenes in which Fabrizio joins Napoleon's army at Waterloo really come to life and shine in the narrative of Stendahl, as he had been a soldier in battle for Napoleon during his lifetime. Fabrizio really is a bit too much of a narcissist and after a while, despite his handsome youth and intellect, I found myself tiring of him. He really made a number of knuckleheaded moves with his
Standard 19th century French novel? Not even close. This book defies almost every convention of the novel, and it was written before any of those conventions were even recognized! No hero, no heroine, no real plot; no morality lesson; Machiavellian politics for everyone; love doesn't conquer all; love doesn't even exist in this world until the main character gets locked away in prison for a womb-like nine months; a narrator who couldn't care less about the whole thing...this is so modern it
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