"The Classic Collection of Stendhal" presents a compelling anthology of literary gems by the esteemed French author. This volume features a selection of Stendha

Both critic and writer, Stendhal has now become established as one of realism's founding fathers. Dr Pearson's book maps out, for the first time, the critical r

The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) is a compelling novel of passion and daring. Set at the beginning of the 19th-century in northern Italy, it traces the joyous b

Description of the Battle of Waterloo is background for this story of Italian love and intrigue.

Balzac considered it the most important French novel of his time. André Gide later deemed it the greatest of all French novels, and Henry James judged it to be