Stendhal

American  

[sten-dahl, stan-, stahn-dal] / stɛnˈdɑl, stæn-, stɑnˈdal /

noun

1. Marie Henri Beyle, 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.

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Stendhal British  

/ stɛ̃dal /

noun

1. original name Marie Henri Beyle. 1783–1842, French writer, who anticipated later novelists in his psychological analysis of character. His two chief novels are Le Rouge et le noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839)

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Stendhal Cultural  

1. The nom de plume of the nineteenth-century French writer and critic Henry Marie Bayle. A major influence on the development of the modern novel, Stendhal's romantic, psychologically realistic works include The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma.

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Example Sentences

His final work in 2021 was a production of The Red and the Black based on the 1830 novel by French writer Stendhal.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2023

“It was almost like Stendhal syndrome,” he said, referring to the condition whereby art induces physical symptoms in a viewer, like lightheadedness or a quickened heart rate.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2022

John Cartwright from the Stendhal festival, which is scheduled to begin on 9 July, said "it has been a long 16 months" for the sector.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021

He was scrutinized, analyzed, glorified and finally eulogized by the greatest writers and poets of his day, including Baudelaire and Stendhal.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2018

To be sure, whatever the government is, he is against it; which only means he is a rebel born, hating constraint and believing with Stendhal that one's first enemies are one's own parents.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James