Stendhal is the Monastery of Parma. Gift book bound in leather

Persecution, accidental murder, and love during Fabrizio's twelve-year imprisonment

"The Monastery of Parma"

Young Fabrizio del Dongo was destined for a difficult fate. Having supported Napoleon's army, he is being persecuted in his homeland, in Italy. Youthful impulses, success with women, the hero's simple-minded disposition then make him an accidental murderer. The court could have acquitted the young man if he had not found himself at a difficult crossroads of other people's interests. The court intrigues of enemies and defenders decide his fate… But the sentence to twelve years of imprisonment in the Parma fortress did not break the hero. It is in prison that the young man first experiences a real feeling - day after day communicating with signs and glances with the beautiful daughter of the commandant. Will this love be able to save the hero from death within the walls of the fortress? Stendhal's

fascinating novel is accompanied by illustrations by Grigory Filippovsky.