Sten·dhal (st n-däl , st n-, stä -) Pen name of Marie Henri Beyle. 1783-1842. French writer who influenced the development of the modern novel with his psychologically penetrating romances, such as The Red and the Black (1830). |
Stendhal (French) [stɛ̃dal]
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(Biographies / Stendhal (1783-1842) M, French, WRITING: novelist) 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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| Noun | 1. |  Stendhal - French writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842) |
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