Book :: The Charterhouse of Parma
By: Stendhal
Genre(s): France
Balzac considered it the most important French novel of his time. André Gide later deemed it the greatest of all French novels, and Henry James judged it to be a masterpiece. Now, in a major literary event, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and distinguished translator Richard Howard presents a new rendition of Stendhal's epic tale of romance, adventure, and court intrigue set in early...
Wow...what an epic! France's Tom Jones?
The Charterhouse of Parma appears on these lists...
13th on 100 Greatest Novels of All Time by The Guardian