Stendhal

Henri Beyle, known as Stendhal, was born in Grenoble on 23 January 1783, the son of a lawyer, Chérubin Beyle. He entered the War Administration thanks to his cousin Pierre Daru and followed Napoleon's armies as far as the Russian campaign. After the fall of the Empire, he lived in Milan until 1821, then was appointed consul at Trieste in 1830, before being sent to Civitavecchia. Struck down by a stroke in a Paris street, he died on 23 March 1842; a large part of his work appeared only after his death.

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• NovelThe Red and the BlackLe Rouge et le NoirStendhal · 1830LiteraturePublic domain