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Also Known As Henri Beyle • Marie-Henri Beyle
Born January 23, 1783 • Grenoble • France
Died March 23, 1842 (aged 59) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Lucien Leuwen” • “Memoirs of an Egotist” • “On Love” • “Racine et Shakespeare” • “The Charterhouse of Parma” • “The Life of Henry Brulard” • “The Red and the Black”
Movement / Style Romanticism
Subjects Of Study Romanticism

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Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
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