Histoire D’Eleonore De Parme

source perdue de 'La Chartreuse de Parme'

edited by Richard Bolster

Book cover: Histoire D’Eleonore De Parme

Extent: 32 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Gender & Sexuality, Literary Studies

Series: Exeter French Texts

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(February 1997)

ISBN: 9780859895361

5.83 x 8.27 inches

Price: $30.00

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In 1810, Stendhal read the sentimental novella "Histoire d’Eleonore de Parme", whose anonymous author was certainly a woman. This text poses the question: can it be asserted that Stendhal took inspiration from this novella when he wrote "La Chartreuse de Parme", and not from real life?


In 1810, Stendhal read the sentimental novella “Histoire d’Eleonore de Parme”, whose anonymous author was certainly a woman. This text poses the question: can it be asserted that Stendhal took inspiration from this novella when he wrote “La Chartreuse de Parme”, and not from real life?

  • Edited by Richard Bolster