num_pages: 496
description: Stendhal's second great novel, La Chartreuse de Parme, was published in 1839. He adapted the theme from a sixteenth-century Italian manuscript and set it in the period of Waterloo. Amid the intrigues of the small court of Parma the hero, Fabrizo, with his secret love for Clelia, emerges as an 'outsider' whose destiny is shaped by events in which his character plays relatively little part. Fabrizio's final withdrawal into a monastery emphasizes his lack of contact with real life and his similarity to the ingrown hero of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: The Charterhouse of Parma
titlecomplete: The Charterhouse of Parma (Penguin Classics)
characters: Ferrante Palla, Fabrice del Dongo, Gina del Dongo, Prince Ranuce-Erneste IV, Count Mosca, Prince Ranuce-Erneste V, Rassi, Fabio Conti, Clelia Conti
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, French Literature, Classics, France, Italy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 17651
places: France, Lake Como, Italy, Parma, Waterloo
publisher: Penguin Classics