Author: Stendhal [ Beyle, Marie-Henri ] & Hewlett, Maurice [translator]
Title: The Chartreuse Of Parma
Description: Heinemann, 1904, 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xxx+543pp, b/w frontis, 4 colour plates, 6 b/w illustrations, top edge gilt, spine browned & lettering piece scuffed, crease to the endpaper, otherwise internally fine. Library of French Masterpieces series as edited by Edmund Gosse. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ An Italian set novel, originally published in 1839 which chronicles the adventures of the young Italian nobleman Fabrice del Dongo from his birth in 1798 to his death. Marie-Henri Beyle [ 1783 - 1842 ] one of the most highly regarded French authors.

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