Parm abode. Stendhal

The action of the last novel of one of the brightest French authors of the 19th century Stendhal occurs in Italy, a country of strong passions and a great culture. His theme is the fate of the generation of Italians, which entered into life at the end of the 18th century, passionately dreaming of the independence of the Motherland, but the battle of Waterloo marked the collapse of enthusiastic illusions. The tension of events (murders, imprisonment, escape, clarification of the secrets of birth and death), the deep psychological experiences of the heroes, for the sake of love for betrayal and sacrifice the most expensive, as well as an impressive image of the historical events of that era, turn the novel into an undoubted masterpiece of world literature.