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... Stendhal in Le Rouge et le Noir . Contemporary criticism was outraged . Even Sainte - Beuve , who needed only to look into his own heart to discover what contrary qualities could exist side by side in some kind of harmony , [ 69 ] THE ...
... Stendhal in Le Rouge et le Noir . Contemporary criticism was outraged . Even Sainte - Beuve , who needed only to look into his own heart to discover what contrary qualities could exist side by side in some kind of harmony , [ 69 ] THE ...
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... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall ... Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave ...
... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall ... Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave ...
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... Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guillotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero , not only a great deal of himself ...
... Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guillotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero , not only a great deal of himself ...
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