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C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (trans) and
Stendhal
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Melville Pub House
Publication date
August 12, 2014
Pages
131
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781612193205
ISBN-10
161219320X
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Original list price
$12.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Brigands, convents under siege, a prince whoâd do Machiavelli proud .â.â. This adventurous novella from a writer famous for far longer works is a singular take on love and war in Renaissance Italy.
Claiming to be translating from sixteenth-century manuscripts, Stendhal tells the story of two doomed young loversâone the daughter of the wealthiest man in the district, the other a brigand. Itâs a genuinely moving tale of impossible loveâwith plenty of swordfights thrown inâthatâs unique in Stendhalâs oeuvre, not least in its portrait of an intelligent woman who, ill-starred in love, turns to worldly power. Thereâs also some sparkling analysis of the conditions that produced the great art of the Renaissance.
But The Abbess of Castroâfirst published in the same year as Stendhalâs novel The Charterhouse of Parmaâis also characterized by themes that pervade his longer novels: political and familial machinations, a profoundly unsentimental view of war, ambitious individuals undone by passion.
Never before available as a standalone edition, the novella is a powerful dose of the writer at the peak of his skills.
Claiming to be translating from sixteenth-century manuscripts, Stendhal tells the story of two doomed young loversâone the daughter of the wealthiest man in the district, the other a brigand. Itâs a genuinely moving tale of impossible loveâwith plenty of swordfights thrown inâthatâs unique in Stendhalâs oeuvre, not least in its portrait of an intelligent woman who, ill-starred in love, turns to worldly power. Thereâs also some sparkling analysis of the conditions that produced the great art of the Renaissance.
But The Abbess of Castroâfirst published in the same year as Stendhalâs novel The Charterhouse of Parmaâis also characterized by themes that pervade his longer novels: political and familial machinations, a profoundly unsentimental view of war, ambitious individuals undone by passion.
Never before available as a standalone edition, the novella is a powerful dose of the writer at the peak of his skills.
Editions
Paperback
from Createspace Independent Pub (June 4, 2015)
9781514229101 | details & prices | 50 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.13 in. | List price $8.38
About: The book recounts a nun's illicit liaison.
About: The book recounts a nun's illicit liaison.
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With C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (other contributor) |
from Melville Pub House (August 12, 2014)
9781612193205 | details & prices | 131 pages | 5.50 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $12.00
About: Brigands, convents under siege, a prince whoâd do Machiavelli proud .
About: Brigands, convents under siege, a prince whoâd do Machiavelli proud .
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