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{{quote| ''[[Catch Phrase|"To the happy few"]]''}}▼
[[File:Stendhal par Ducis.jpg|frame|''Portrait de Stendhal'', by Jean-Louis Ducis, 1835]]
Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen-name '''Stendhal''' (1783-1842) was a French writer, known as one of the first practitioners of literary Realism, especially in his most famous books, ''[[The Red and The Black]]'' and ''[[The Charterhouse of Parma]]''. His works tend to be [[Irony|ironic]].
Although he was French, he didn’t hold his country in high regard, preferring life in Italy instead. Just to make clear how enamored he was with Italy, consider the fact that he made an analogy to his concept of ''crystallization'' (the process in which one falls in love) with a trip from Bologne to Rome. Also, [
He was also [[Casanova|a ladies’ man]] and was very proud of all his conquests (some would say obsessed). Eventually this would come back to bite him when he caught syphilis, making his last years a real nightmare.
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