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1、THEREDANDTHEBLACKACHRONICLEOF1830StendhalAnewtranslationbyBurtonRaffelIntroductionbyDianeJohnsonNotesbyJamesMaddenTheModernLibraryNewYorkForReuvenEliezerPrideNotice1ThisbookwasabouttobepublishedwhenthegreateventsofJulyturnedourmindsawayfrommerefictions.The
2、reisreasontobelievethatthefollowingpageswerewrittenin21827.StendhalMarie-HenriBeyle—laterknownasStendhal—wasborninGrenobleonJanuary23,1783.Hismother,whomheidolized,diedwhenhewasseven,andhewasraisedbythreepeoplehedetested—hisbourgeoisfather,aprosperouslawye
3、r;ajealousmaidenaunt;andatyrannicalJesuittutorwhoinspiredinhimlifelongfeelingsofanticlericalism.Theonlypersonhefeltanyclosenesstowashismaternalgrandfather,arespectedphysicianwhoembracedthecultureoftheEnlightenment.In1799,attheageofsixteen,theyoungmanleftfo
4、rParistostudymathematicsattheÉcolePolytechnique,butbecameadragooninNapoleon’sarmythefollowingyear.TheinvasionofItalytookhimtoMilan,thecityhecametoloveaboveallothers;overthenextdecadeheservedasanaide-de-campinBonaparte’scampaignsinGermany,Austria,andRussia.
5、InbetweenwarsheflourishedinParisiandrawingroomsanddevotedhimself(unsuccessfully)towritingplays,allthewhilekeepingelaboratejournalsthatchronicledhistravelsandloveaffairs.FollowingNapoleon’sfallin1814,BeyleretiredpermanentlyfromthearmyandsettledinMilan,where
6、hebegantowriteinearnest.HesoonproducedLivesofHaydn,Mozart,andMetastasio(1814),followedbythetwo-volumeHistoryofPaintinginItaly(1817).Hisnextbook—atravelguideentitledRome,Naples,andFlorencein1817(1817)—wasthefirsttobearthepennameStendhal,themostfamousofthemo
7、rethantwohundredpseudonymsheemployedinhislifetime.DuringthisperiodhefellinlovewithMatildeDembowski(néeViscontini),whoservedasthebasisforhisheroines.SuspectedofbeingaFrenchsecretagentandofinvolvementinleft-wingplots,thewriterwasexpelledfromItalyin1821bytheA
8、ustrianpolice.UponreturningtoParis,Stendhalimmediatelyresumedlachasseaubonheur(thepursuitofhappiness)andwriting.HequicklyfinishedthesemiautobiographicaltreatiseOnLove(1822),thecriticalstudyRacineandShakespear
