Stendhal
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This book contains the memoirs of Stendahl or in his own words the 'chatter about his private life' between 1821 and 1830. It was between these dates that he moved to Paris and here looks back on his life as an eccentric bachelor. 'As well as Beyle the clairvoyant self-investigator, the sardonic analyst of Parisian salon society and deliberate cultivator of wit, here emerges Beyle the despairing lover, the Shakespearean enthusiast, whose romantic...
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La presente edición preparada por Isabel Valverde, autora también de una extensa introducción y de abundantes y minuciosas notas, reúne los escritos más importantes de Stendhal en este ámbito: sus críticas a los Salones de 1824 y 1827, que por su calidad y empeño pueden contemplarse como una continuación de los Salones de Diderot y un avance de los que poco después publicará Baudelaire, los textos sobre Racine y Shakespeare, con las célebres...
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Written in 1832, three years before “The Life of Henry Brulard” (which recounts the author's boyhood and youth), “Memoirs of Egotism” forms the essential middle section of Stendhal's intended autobiography. Along with Journals of Italy, these volumes comprise what André Gide has called one of the truly great autobiographies in any language.
Unpublished until fifty years after the Stendhal's death, “Memoirs of Egotism” concerns itself...
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Inhalt:
Rot und Schwarz
Die Kartause von Parma
Amiele
Armance
Roman-Entwürfe
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Der Liebestrank
Philibert Lescale
Ernestine, oder die Entstehung der Liebe
Der Jude
Eine Geldheirat
Vanina Vanini (Übersetzt von Franz Hessel)
Vanina Vanini (Übersetzt von Arthur Schurig)
Mina von Wangel
Erinnerungen eines römischen Edelmannes
Die Truhe und das Gespenst
Der Ruhm und der Buckel oder der Weg ist glitschig
Eine Unterhaltung zwischen elf und...
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Der Roman beginnt im Mailand des Jahres 1796, nachdem Napoleon die Stadt während seines Italienfeldzugs erobert hatte. Während der Marchese del Dongo und sein älterer Sohn Ascanio als Parteigänger der vertriebenen Habsburger und Reaktionäre die Revolutionstruppen verabscheuen und sich aufs Land zurückziehen, begrüßt der jüngere Sohn Fabrizio die französische Armee als Befreier der Italiener von politischer Rückständigkeit. Fabrizios Mutter...
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Considerada por escritores como Paul Léautaud y André Gide una obra maestra del género memorialístico, "Recuerdos de egotismo" nos devuelve al París de la primera mitad del siglo XIX, donde el joven Henri Beyle, antes de ser "Stendhal", intenta encontrar su sitio como novelista y amante. Literatos de salón, aristócratas y gacetilleros desfilan por estas páginas únicas de la literatura universal. Con traducción de José Luis Arántegui recuperamos...
7) On Love
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On Love, philosophical discourse by Stendhal, published in 1822 as De l'amour. The work was prompted by Stendhal's hopeless love for Métilde Dembowski. The first part of On Love is an analysis of love, in which Stendhal lists four kinds of love: physical love, purely sexual in scope; love as a social game, removed from passion; vanity love, a type necessary for high social standing; and passion, the finest form of love, which the author idealized...
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Le Rouge et le Noir est un roman historique écrit par Stendhal en 1830. Il raconte l'histoire de Julien Sorel, un jeune homme ambitieux et passionné qui vit dans une petite ville de province française au début du XIXe siècle. Il est déterminé à s'élever socialement et à réaliser ses rêves, mais il est confronté à des obstacles tels que la jalousie, l'hypocrisie et l'amour. Il éprouve des sentiments passionnés pour deux femmes: Mathilde...
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DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited collection of the greatest classics of French literature: A History of French Literature François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel Molière: Tartuffe or the Hypocrite The Misanthrope The Miser The Imaginary Invalid The Impostures of Scapin… Jean Racine: Phaedra Pierre Corneille: The Cid Voltaire: Candide Zadig Micromegas The Huron A Philosophical Dictionary… Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Confessions...
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DigiCat presents to you this unique collection of the most exhilarating romances ever written, book which are sometimes with a happy ending, sometimes with a tragedy of the true heartbreak and sometimes lighten with the comedy of everyday: Romeo & Juliet (Play & Prose Version) Evelina & Camilla (Fanny Burney) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) Emma (Jane Austen) Persuasion (Jane Austen)...
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Published in 1830, Scarlet and Black (Le Rouge et Le Noir) tells the story of a provincial young man's attempts to socially rise beyond his modest upbringing with a combination of talent and hard work, deception and hypocrisy - yet who ultimately allows his passions to betray him.
In Scarlet and Black, Stendhal paints a sweeping portrait of early nineteenth-century France - its social classes, professions, politics, and manners - in Paris and the...
12) Rojo y Negro
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En un aserradero perdido en los bosques del Franco Condado, un joven seminarista despreciado por su ruda familia, lleno de sueños y ambiciones, lee un libro. Poco sospecha que su vida está a punto de dar un giro decisivo y que su entrada como preceptor en casa de monsieur de Rênal será el comienzo de su apertura al amor, a la vida y, finalmente, al crimen. En esta novela, inspirada en un hecho real, su joven e inolvidable protagonista, Julián...
13) Der Liebestrank
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In einer regnerischen Nacht in Bordeaux wird der junge Leutnant Liéven zum Retter der schönen Leonore. Sie beichtet ihm, ihren Ehemann bestohlen zu haben und von ihrem Geliebten betrogen worden zu sein. Die Not und Anmut Leonores entfachen in Liéven eine innige Liebe, ohne die er nicht mehr leben will ... Stendhals berühmte Meistererzählung über Liebe und Leidenschaft, gelesen von Anna Thalbach! Zusätzlich auf diesem Hörbuch die Erzählung...
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Henri Beyle, más conocido con el seudónimo de Stendhal, es un escritor francés, conocido en particular por sus novelas Le Rouge et le Noir y La Chartreuse de Parme. A Stendhal le habría gustado dedicar su vida a soñar despierto, a la "caza de la felicidad", a las artes y al amor; pues a pesar de ello, tuvo una vida agitada. Sus novelas Le Rouge et le Noir (1830), La Chartreuse de Parme (1839) y Lucien Leuwen (inacabada) le convirtieron, junto...
15) The Roman Tales
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A contemporary collection of stories by one of France's finest writers. Revered by key literary figures including as Balzac and Mérimée, Stendhal is best known for his novels, but his shorter works were just as powerful. In this brand new translation, Susan Ashe brings his greatest Italian stories to the modern reader, whilst staying true to Stendhal's style and brilliance. The collection includes: - The Abbess of Castro- Vittoria Accordamboni-...
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DigiCat presents to you this unique collection of the greatest masterpieces ever written for you to carry at your side wherever you are relaxing: American: Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Call of the Wild White Fang Moby-Dick The Scarlet Letter Little Women My Antonia The Age of Innocence The Awakening The Portrait of a Lady The Wings of the Dove The Yellow Wallpaper Walden Leaves of Grass The Madman Uncle Tom's Cabin The Life of Frederick Douglass...