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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Stendhal

Performing at this year's Stendhal Festival has been a particular highlight of her time in the band.

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

Before long, the once-blase Swann experiences what the novelist Stendhal, in his treatise “On Love,” calls “crystallization”: No aspect of Odette now seems less than utterly, completely enchanting.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

“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

The first moment after awaking was cruel; we had, as Stendhal says, "to learn our misery afresh."

From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta

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