Get The Charterhouse Of Parma Pictures. The book tells the life of a lombard nobleman, born soon after the appearance of napoleon's army in italy. Then, between november 4 and december 26 of 1838, the author dictated his last great novel, the charterhouse of parma (1839), a tale of political intrigue set in italy.

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The charterhouse of parma is a novel written by stendhal in 1839 on the spur of the moment in just 52 days. The charterhouse of parma (french: The charterhouse of parma stendhal|richard howard (transl.).

The charterhouse of parma (1839) is a compelling novel of passion and daring, of prisons and heroic escape, of political chicanery and sublime personal courage.

Based on an 1839 novel by french author stendhal. Translated from the french by richard. The book tells the life of a lombard nobleman, born soon after the appearance of napoleon's army in italy. Fabrice spends his early years in his family's castle on lake como, while most of the rest of the novel is set in a fictionalized parma (both locations are in.