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Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
The novel The Charterhouse of Parma, written by the French author Stendhal, is primarily set in the court of Parma, Italy, during the early 19th century.1
The narrative follows the protagonist, Fabrice del Dongo, who participates in the Battle of Waterloo before returning to Parma to pursue a career in the church. The story concludes with his retirement to a Carthusian monastery, from which the book takes its title.1