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The charterhouse of Parma
Book • 2021
The novel follows the adventures of Fabrice del Dongo, a young aristocrat and ardent admirer of Napoleon.
It is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars and the early 19th-century Italian political landscape.
Fabrice fights at Waterloo, returns to Parma, joins the church for worldly advantage, and eventually retires to the Carthusian monastery of Parma.
The story intertwines personal ambitions with the social ramifications of the Napoleonic wars, featuring complex court politics, romantic entanglements, and historical context.
Stendhal's work is renowned for its sophisticated rendering of human psychology and its subtly drawn portraits of characters.
It is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars and the early 19th-century Italian political landscape.
Fabrice fights at Waterloo, returns to Parma, joins the church for worldly advantage, and eventually retires to the Carthusian monastery of Parma.
The story intertwines personal ambitions with the social ramifications of the Napoleonic wars, featuring complex court politics, romantic entanglements, and historical context.
Stendhal's work is renowned for its sophisticated rendering of human psychology and its subtly drawn portraits of characters.
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Tyler Cowen as a literary reference in 'Life and Fate', both works exploring themes of war and individual fate.
Tyler Cowen as a literary reference in 'Life and Fate', both works exploring themes of war and individual fate.
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Russ Roberts on Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate
Mentioned by Tyler Cowen as a literary reference in 'Life and Fate', with a possible connection to themes of war and individual fate.
Tyler Cowen as a literary reference in 'Life and Fate', with a possible connection to themes of war and individual fate.
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Tyler Cowen on Life and Fate
