Three Italian Chronicles: Stories

by Stendhal

Italian passion--"the passion that seeks its own satisfaction, and not to give one's neighbor an enhanced idea of oneself"--is the life-blood of Stendhal's Three Italian Chronicles. Gathered here are three long-out-of-print stories animated by life-and-death romances and sensational crimes. "The Cenci" and "The Abbess of Castro," set in a brazen Renaissance, are the author's versions of two antique chronicles he discovered in Italian libraries: "Vanina...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811211509
• ISBN13: 9780811211505
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"