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

5.87 x 8.31 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?


Frontispice: Portrait de femme (Gravure anglaise anonyme 1810), ii; Introduction, vii; Le Texte, xxxiii; Bibliographie, xxxiv; HISTOIRE D'ELEONORE DE PARME; Resume de l'episode qui precede l'Histoire d'Eleonore, 2; Le Recit d'Eleonore, 5.


  • Edited by Richard Bolster

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