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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A debut album showcasing their brand of alt-pop launched earlier this year, a summer performance at the Foyle Maritime Festival followed, before taking to the stage at this year's Stendhal Festival.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

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

Another reopened investigation concerns Inga Gehricke, who was 5 when she disappeared in 2015 near a property that he owned on the outskirts of the German town of Stendhal.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2020

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

Of this school George Sand and Balzac are the masters, though much importance must also be assigned to Stendhal.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury