Jan. 23: Stendhal, French novelist

BORN JANUARY 23:

Stendhal (born Marie-Henri Beyle; 1783-1842) French realist novelist. He wrote Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, referencing the protagonist's tension between secular and clerical interests) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma), about the adventures of a young Italian nobleman.

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