Love

by Stendhal, B. Knight (Introduction), Jean Stewart (Introduction), Gilbert Sale (Translator), Suzanne Sale (Translator)

Overview

In 1818, when he was in his mid-thirties, Stendhal met and fell passionately in love with the beautiful Mathilde Dembowski. She, however, was quick to make it clear that she did not return his affections, and in his despair he turned to the written word to exorcise his love and explain his feelings. The result is an intensely personal dissection of the process of falling - and being - in love: a unique blend of poetry, anecdote, philosophy, psychology and social observation. Bringing together the conflicting sides of his nature, the deeply emotional and the coolly analytical, Stendhal created a work that is both acutely personal and universally applicable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141907451
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	08/28/1975
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Marie Henri Beyle, known as Stendhal (1783 - 1842) fought during the Napoleonic wars. After Napolean's fall, he retired to Italy and began to write under his pseudonym. In 1821 he left Italy and returned to France, where he completed Love. The Red and the Black was his second novel, and he completed three others.