Stendhal

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Stendhal (1783–1842) ( Marie Henri Beyle) French novelist, whose debut work, Armance, appeared to critical scorn in 1827. Today, Stendhal is regarded as a major precursor of psychological realism. His masterpiece, Scarlet and Black (1830), focuses on Julian Sorel, an anti-hero whose ironic detachment from Parisian society satirizes 19th-century bourgeois morality. His other great work is Charterhouse of Parma (1839).

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