,
Stendhal

more photos (2)

Stendhal’s Followers (1,595)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Stendhal


Born
in Grenoble, France
January 23, 1783

Died
March 23, 1842

Website

Genre

Influences


Henri-Marie 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

Average rating: 3.83 · 97,342 ratings · 4,466 reviews · 1,308 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Red and the Black

3.87 avg rating — 70,818 ratings — published 1830 — 2223 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Charterhouse of Parma

3.80 avg rating — 17,310 ratings — published 1839 — 1423 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Love

by
3.66 avg rating — 1,728 ratings — published 1822 — 239 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Roșu și negru #1

3.95 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 1830 — 34 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Armance (Folio

3.39 avg rating — 907 ratings — published 1827 — 364 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lucien Leuwen (Folio (Galli...

3.85 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 1894 — 82 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Chroniques Italiennes

3.62 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 1839 — 111 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Vanina Vanini

3.25 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 1829 — 95 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Roșu și negru #2

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 1830 — 46 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Abbess of Castro (The A...

3.22 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 1832 — 219 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Stendhal…
İtalya Hikayeleri I İtalya Hikayeleri II
(2 books)
by
3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings

Quotes by Stendhal  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

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

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

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

Polls

Voting is now open for our theme read for April, Individual VS Society. Voting will stay open until March 15th, 2019 and the winning book will be announced on March 16th, 2019.

 
  17 votes, 23.9%

 
  14 votes, 19.7%

 
  12 votes, 16.9%

 
  10 votes, 14.1%

 
  6 votes, 8.5%

 
  6 votes, 8.5%

 
  3 votes, 4.2%

 
  2 votes, 2.8%

 
  1 vote, 1.4%

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author