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The Charterhouse of Parma

Stendhal

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1839
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 510

A dreamy young Italian noble blunders through the Battle of Waterloo without grasping what battle he is in, gets tangled in a petty court's intrigues, and gives up power to die young in a monastery.

But is this a real battle?
The Charterhouse of Parma, Stendhal

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