The Charterhouse of Parma (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Marie-Henri Beyle
- First Published: 1839
- Type of Work: Novel of Manners
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Soldiers, Italy or Italians, Royal courts or courtiers, Napoleonic Wars
- Locales: Parma, Italy
The book opens with the entry of Napoleon’s victorious troops into Milan in 1796. One of them, a handsome lieutenant, wins the heart of the married Marchesa del Longo. Fabrizio is the offspring from their brief affair and becomes the romantic leading man of the novel. At seventeen he runs off to France and manages to be blurredly present at the Battle of Waterloo.
Fabrizio soon returns to Parma and the fond protection of his brilliant aunt, the spectacularly operatic Duchess Gina Sanseverina. Through much of the novel Fabrizio is little more than a chivalrous, dazzlingly...
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