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Stendhal was a 18th-century French writer. Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir and La Chartreuse de Parme, he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Work — The value of effort, discipline, and meaningful labour
  • Alone — Solitude, independence, and the experience of being alone

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