![]() ![]() Lydia Davis is the author of several works of fiction, including Break It Down, The End of the Story, and, most recently, Samuel Johnson is Indignant: Stories. ![]() Among his most important books are On Love, Lucien Leuwen, The Memoirs of an Egotist, and The Life of Henry Brulard. Stendhal's great novels The Red and the Black (1830) and The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) were largely ignored during his lifetime, and many of his works remained unfinished and were published only posthumously. The introduction reviews the factors that led End Stendhal to undertake in the 1830s to write the story of his life his innate autobiographical bent. The Life of Henry Brulard Hardcover Januby Stendhal: Henry Beyle-Stendhal (Author) 35 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover from 11.00 2 Used from 11.00 2 Collectible from 25.77 Paperback 24.95 29 Used from 6.67 9 New from 15. Expelled from Italy for political reasons in 1821, he returned to Paris following the 1830 revolution, he secured the position, which he was to hold for the rest of his life, of French Consul to Civitavecchia. Stendhal took part in campaigns in Italy, Germany, Russia, and Austria, and then, after Napoleon's fall from power, settled in Milan,where he wrote books on art and music. At sixteen he set out for Paris, intending to pursue a career as an engineer, but instead enlisted in Napoleon's Army. ![]() Stendhal (1783-1842), the pen name of Henri Marie Beyle, was born into a prosperous family in Grenoble. ![]()
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