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Stendhal

Born

in Grenoble, France

January 23, 1783

Died

March 23, 1842

Website

http://www.stendhalforever.com/

Genre

Fiction

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Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839). ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 119,425 ratings · 6,620 reviews · 1,969 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Red and the Black 3.86 avg rating — 86,443 ratings — published 1830 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Charterhouse of Parma 3.79 avg rating — 20,535 ratings — published 1839 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love by Stendhal, B.C.J.G. Knight, Gilbert Sale (Translator), Suzanne Sale (Translator), Jean Stewart (Introduction) 3.61 avg rating — 2,154 ratings — published 1822 — 295 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roșu și negru #1 3.94 avg rating — 996 ratings — published 1830 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Armance 3.37 avg rating — 1,133 ratings — published 1827	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chroniques Italiennes 3.64 avg rating — 665 ratings — published 1837 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucien Leuwen 3.83 avg rating — 625 ratings — published 1894 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanina Vanini 3.25 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1829	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La badessa di Castro by Stendhal, Pietro Paolo Trompeo (Contributor) 3.29 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 1832 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roșu și negru #2 3.93 avg rating — 456 ratings — published 1830 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

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“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”
― Stendhal, Five Short Novels of Stendhal

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“There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.”
― Stendhal, Love

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2017 4th Quarter Long Read

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages, 1859

45 votes, 14.8%

The Arabian Nights, 1049 pages, 800

41 votes, 13.4%

East of Eden by John Steinbeck. 601 pages, 1952

38 votes, 12.5%

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, 973 pages, 1989

22 votes, 7.2%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal, 608 pages, 1830

21 votes, 6.9%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages, 1847

19 votes, 6.2%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 909 pages, 1353

16 votes, 5.2%

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages, 1957

16 votes, 5.2%

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1079 pages, 1966

15 votes, 4.9%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1182 pages, 1008

13 votes, 4.3%

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, 801 pages, 1865

12 votes, 3.9%

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, 975 pages, 1749

10 votes, 3.3%

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 661 pages, 1946

9 votes, 3.0%

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages, 1993

8 votes, 2.6%

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, 640 pages, 1964

8 votes, 2.6%

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1424 pages, 1978

6 votes, 2.0%

The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, 896 pages, 1971

4 votes, 1.3%

Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr., 1088 pages, 1948

2 votes, 0.7%

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