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    Vanina Vanini
    Vanina Vanini
    Vanina Vanini
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    Vanina Vanini

    By Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)

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    A passionate story of romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of Italian liberation from the Austrian Empire
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 18, 2016
    ISBN9781473379909
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      Vanina Vanini - Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)

      Vanina Vanini

      or

      Some Particulars of the Latest Assembly of Carbonari Discovered in the States of the Churchby

      Stendhal

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Stendhal

      Marie-Henri Beyle – better-known by his pen name, Stendhal – was born in Grenoble, France in 1783. He had an unhappy childhood, with his mother dying when he was very young, and at age of sixteen he rebelled against his father and went to study in Paris. Stendhal originally wanted to be a playwright, but ended up joining the army of French leader Napoleon and fighting in Italy, Germany and Russia.

      After the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Stendhal split his time between Italy and Paris and dedicated himself to becoming a writer. He published works about the lives of classical period composers such as Mozart, Haydn and the librettist Metastasio. He also wrote a study of Italian life which brought him success, and two biographies: A Life of Rossini (1824) and A Life of Napoleon (1929). However, his first real success came in 1830, when he published The Red and the Black.

      After King Louis-Philippe came to power in France in 1830, Stendhal became a diplomat in Italy, a country he loved. While there, he also wrote his other best-known work, The Charterhouse of Parma (1839). In this book, Stendhal explored the intellectual and moral climate of his native land France after the defeat of Napoleon.

      Stendhal began to suffer from increasingly bad health. He eventually returned to Paris, where he died in 1842, aged 59. A number of works were published posthumously, including Lamiel (1889), Memoirs of an Egotist (1892) and Lucien Leuwen (1894). Stendhal is now regarded as one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of literary realism.

      Vanina Vanini

      or

      Some Particulars of the Latest Assembly of Carbonari Discovered in the States of the Church

      It was a spring evening in 182 —. All Rome was astir: the Duca di B———, the famous banker, was giving a ball in his new palazzo on the Piazza di Venezia. All the most sumptuous treasures that the arts of Italy, the luxury of Paris and London can furnish had been collected for the adornment of this palace. The gathering was immense. The fair, retiring beauties of noble England had intrigued for the honour of being present at this ball; they arrived in crowds. The most beautiful women of Rome vied with them for the prize of beauty. A girl whom her sparkling eyes and ebon tresses proclaimed of Roman birth entered, escorted by her father; every eye followed her. A singular pride was displayed in her every gesture.

      One could see the foreigners who entered the room

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