The taste for freedom, the fashion and cult of happiness of the majority that the nineteenth century is infatuated with, was only a heresy in his eye… - Stendhal
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The taste for freedom, the fashion and cult of happiness of the majority that the nineteenth century is infatuated with, was only a heresy in his eyes that would pass like others.
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Stendhal
Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842), more widely known as Stendhal, the most famous of his many pen-names, was a 19th century French writer.
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Also Known As
Pen Names:
Henri Stendhal
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Stendalis
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Louis Alexandre Bombet
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Anastase de Serpière
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Don Flegme
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William Crocodile
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Dominique
Alternative Names:
Henri Beyle
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Marie Henri Beyle
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Marie-Henri Beyle
Feminine delicacy was carried to excess in Mme de Renal.
J'ai oublié de peindre ce salon. Sir Walter Scott, et ses imitateurs, eussent commencé par là, mais moi, j'abhorre la description matérielle. L'ennui de les faire m'empêche de faire des romans.
Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?