Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his singular pen name, Stendhal, was a masterful and complex novelist who furthered the romantic fiction of his day into the development of the psychological novel, employing political events and autobiographical elements. His themes and plots could be melodramatic, but his characters were finely drawn, in both love and war. It figures that he was an admirer of both Napoleon and Lor…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:36PM on January 25, 2013