In this ebooks are compilled the following novellas by Stendhal: Vanina Vanini, Vittoria Accoramboni, The Cenci, The Duchess of Palliano, The Abbess of Castro. Contemporary readers did not fully appreciate Stendhal's realistic style during the Romantic period in which he lived; he was not fully appreciated until the beginning of the 20th century. Stendhal championed the Romantic aesthetic by unfavorably comparing the rules and strictures of Racine's classicism to the freer verse and settings of Shakespeare, and supporting the writing of plays in prose. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche acknowledged his personal debt to the French writer in the Twilight of the Idols, stating that encountering him was "the most beautiful accident of my life, more so than even my discovery of Stendhal".
- ISBN10 1304523241
- ISBN13 9781304523242
- Publish Date 9 October 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English