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The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal - Penguin, 1958 - First Edition


Title: The Charterhouse of Parma
Author: Stendhal
Publisher: Puffin Books
Publication Date: 1958 - First Edition
Format: Softcover
Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear, tanned pages.

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Reader's note

A 1958 first edition of The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal. 'The true avocation of this particular beggar,' wrote Stendhal to his friend and cousin, Romain Colomb in 1835, 'is to write a novel in a garret; for I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs.' He was the French Consul at CivitaVecchia, growing weary of life in Italy, of the cares of office, and looking back with longing to the days when he wrote his famous novel, Le Rouge et le noir, in his little flat in the rue de Richelieu, where money was lacking, but lively, intelligent conversation was not...' Read more of this introduction in this lovely Penguin paperback.