The Charterhouse of Parma
Stendhal reportedly dictated this sweeping novel in a matter of weeks in 1839, and its restless energy shows on every page. Young Fabrice del Dongo, an Italian nobleman raised on dreams of Napoleon, runs off to Waterloo and wanders the battlefield without ever quite understanding the battle around him. Back in Italy he is drawn into the poisonous intrigues of the court of Parma, protected and manipulated by his passionate aunt Gina and her lover, the shrewd Count Mosca. Love, imprisonment in a high tower, and endless political scheming carry Fabrice toward an unlikely romance and a reckoning. Balzac praised it as one of the finest novels of its age, and its portrait of ambition and desire still feels startlingly modern. This free PDF and EPUB edition uses C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s translation.
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Study of M. Beyle, by Honoré De Balzac — part 1 | 55:22 | |
| 2 | A Study of M. Beyle, by Honoré De Balzac — part 2 | 42:05 | |
| 3 | A Study of M. Beyle, by Honoré De Balzac — part 3 | 36:24 | |
| 4 | Beyle’s Reply to Balzac | 14:53 | |
| 5 | To the Reader | 3:37 | |
| 6 | Chapter 1 | 31:35 | |
| 7 | Chapter 2 | 45:35 | |
| 8 | Chapter 3 | 33:20 | |
| 9 | Chapter 4 | 39:32 | |
| 10 | Chapter 5 | 46:21 | |
| 11 | Chapter 6 — part 1 | 43:03 | |
| 12 | Chapter 6 — part 2 | 44:14 | |
| 13 | Chapter 7 | 42:33 | |
| 14 | Chapter 8 | 34:31 | |
| 15 | Chapter 9 | 19:44 | |
| 16 | Chapter 10 | 15:12 | |
| 17 | Chapter 11 | 49:13 | |
| 18 | Chapter 12 | 31:10 | |
| 19 | Chapter 13 | 53:51 | |
| 20 | Chapter 14 | 43:28 | |
| 21 | Chapter 15 | 36:36 | |
| 22 | Chapter 16 | 35:35 | |
| 23 | Chapter 17 | 30:20 | |
| 24 | Chapter 18 | 41:38 | |
| 25 | Chapter 19 | 37:06 | |
| 26 | Chapter 20 | 52:26 | |
| 27 | Chapter 21 | 44:04 | |
| 28 | Chapter 22 | 39:23 | |
| 29 | Chapter 23 | 47:43 | |
| 30 | Chapter 24 | 40:40 | |
| 31 | Chapter 25 | 41:35 | |
| 32 | Chapter 26 | 36:01 | |
| 33 | Chapter 27 | 32:18 | |
| 34 | Chapter 28 | 36:43 | |
| 35 | Appendix | 7:47 | |
| 36 | Fragment 1: Birague's narrative | 13:05 | |
| 37 | Fragment 2: Il Conte Zorafi, The Prince’s “Press” | 4:44 |
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