Stendhal

Francesco Manzini (University of Oxford)

Ed. by Nigel Harkness, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

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Born 23 Jan 1783
Died 23 Mar 1842
Activity 1803-1842

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Active in France

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Marie-Henri Beyle was born in Grenoble on 23 January 1783 to Henriette Gagnon – the educated daughter of a well-respected doctor – and Chérubin Beyle, a reasonably prosperous advocate and landowner, increasingly given to agricultural experiments. Marie-Henri was the couple’s second son: a first Henri had been born a year before him, but had only survived for a few days. Marie-Henri appears, at the very least retrospectively, to have adored his mother and detested his father. In the

Vie de Henry Brulard

– an autobiographical text written between November 1835 and May 1836, in part modelled on Rousseau’s

Les Confessions

– Brulard dates the start of his moral life to Henriette’s death in childbirth in 1790, when he was still only seven (Rousseau’s mother had died giving…

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Citation: Manzini, Francesco. "Stendhal". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 October 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4209, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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