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"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, escapes from a prison tower, survives with the patronage of his worldly and chastely adoring aunt Gina Petranera and her lover the Count Mosca, falls in love with the pure and spiritual Clelia Conti, and much later becomes her lover when she is married and he is a bishop. Stendhal wrote this swashbuckling masterpiece in just seven weeks, a short three years before his death."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Inside culture (main char)
- Italian
Family, loving relations
Yes
Special relationship with
- aunt
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- Italian
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Italy
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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