The Charterhouse of Parma - Stendhal - Books - Independently Published - 9781686976643 - August 18, 2019
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The Charterhouse of Parma

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The Charterhouse of Parma

The Charterhouse of Parma chronicles the exploits of Fabrizio del Dongo, an ardent young aristocrat who joins Napoleon's army just before the Battle of Waterloo. Yet perhaps the novel's most unforgettable characters are the hero's beautiful aunt, the alluring Duchess of Sanseverina, and her lover, Count Mosca, who plot to further Fabrizio's political career at the treacherous court of Parma in a sweeping story that illuminates an entire epoch of European history. 'Stendhal has written The Prince up to date, the novel that Machiavelli would write if he were living banished from Italy in the nineteenth century, ' noted Balzac in his famous review of The Charterhouse of Parma. 'Never before have the hearts of princes, ministers, courtiers, and women been depicted like this. . . . One sees perfection in every detail. . . . [It] has the magnitude of a canvas fifty feet by thirty, and at the same time the manner, the execution, is Dutch in its minuteness.... The Charterhouse of Parma often contains a whole book in a single page. . . . It is a masterpiece.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 18, 2019
ISBN13 9781686976643
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 520
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 29 mm   ·   752 g
Language English  

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