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The Charterhouse of Parma Although Frenchman Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle) wrote this novel partly as a tribute to Italy, where he lived and worked a good part of his adult life, and the novel is rich in psychological and historical insights as well as descriptions of the landscape, it can simply be read as one of the greatest romance novels of all time. Young Fabrizio Del Dongo makes his way to the confused horror of the battlefield at Waterloo, becomes a cleric, fights a duel, e...	View these reviews in summary mode Stendhal Message Board 11/10/2010 1:58:23 PM Talk about the novels, new and used books that Stendal has written!