On Love
English translation · Translated by Cecil N. Sidney Woolf and Philip Sidney Woolf
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Love becomes a subject for close observation in Stendhal's essay, which links private feeling with education, freedom and social custom. The translators' introduction presents his ideal as a shared life between two free people, sustained by intellectual sympathy. It also explains his defence of women's education and the plain, sometimes abrupt manner of his argument. Philip Sidney Woolf and Cecil N. Sidney Woolf provide the English translation, introduction and notes.
Stendhal tests his ideas through comparisons between countries. In his discussion of England, France and Italy, manners, fashion, pride and money all enter the account of how people behave toward those they love. His national judgments are sweeping and personal, giving the essay a disputing voice alongside its analytical purpose.
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