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Elizabeth's review

The Charterhouse of Parma (Oxford World's Classics) The Charterhouse of Parma (Oxford World's Classics)
by Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal)

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Slogging through this one. Only about six chapters in and I'm still waiting for the plot to pick up speed. The narrator has a really strong voice in this, also there lots of funny comparisons between Frenchmen and Italians.

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message 1: by Elizabeth
03/30/2007 09:36AM

5 Thanks! I'll have to check out the cafe, next time I'm over there.

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message 2: by David
04/03/2007 09:28PM

38133 I agree with Bill, this is a slow one, best to go to someone else, say Proust, where you are rewarded for the druggery with an outstanding multi-page passage so amazing it lilts and lifts the last 100 pages from your mind.

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message 3: by Elizabeth
04/04/2007 12:09AM

5 Hey, you know what guys? I'm actually really enjoying this book! It kind of bums me out that you are all so negative... :(

Right now (im about 200 pages in), it reads like a good old fashioned adventure novel, and for me, a passionate fan of Italian history, I'm enjoying all the traveling he does... so there.

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message 4: by Yammerskooner
06/19/2007 09:10PM

140899 I found that one much less captivating than The Red and The Black. Though I must confess the opening scene at Waterloo was rather brilliant. All the dealings with the Italian aristocracy struch me as tedious, not to mention implausible. I know Stendahl is regarded for his psychological realism. But this novel didn't convince me. Goethe did the same sort of thing in Wilhelm Meister, only better.



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