Stendhal

American  

[sten-dahl, stan-, stahn-dal] / stɛnˈdɑl, stæn-, stɑnˈdal /

noun

1. Marie Henri Beyle, 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.

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Stendhal British  

/ stɛ̃dal /

noun

1. original name Marie Henri Beyle. 1783–1842, French writer, who anticipated later novelists in his psychological analysis of character. His two chief novels are Le Rouge et le noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839)

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Stendhal Cultural  

1. The nom de plume of the nineteenth-century French writer and critic Henry Marie Bayle. A major influence on the development of the modern novel, Stendhal's romantic, psychologically realistic works include The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma.

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Example Sentences

His final work in 2021 was a production of The Red and the Black based on the 1830 novel by French writer Stendhal.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2023

John Cartwright from the Stendhal festival, which is scheduled to begin on 9 July, said "it has been a long 16 months" for the sector.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021

“Then when I got there, I learned it wasn’t really like that. It’s much more like a Stendhal novel.”

From New York Times • May 8, 2018

He was scrutinized, analyzed, glorified and finally eulogized by the greatest writers and poets of his day, including Baudelaire and Stendhal.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2018

Swift, with his nasty, sly, constipated humour; Stendhal, with his overwhelming air of arrogance and superiority, did not win my sympathy.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James