This book is based on a translation of Stendhal’s novel “The Charterhouse of Parma,” which is also widely known as “The Parma Abbey.”
The heroes of the novel are young Italians—passionate patriots and romantics. Napoleon’s name became a symbol of freeing their homeland—yet the Battle of Waterloo marked the collapse of all hopes.
The stormy life of the heroes, their adventures and sufferings, their thoughts and passions are shown against the backdrop of events that determined the development of European history.
L. N. Tolstoy called “The Charterhouse of Parma” an incomparable masterpiece and was fascinated by Stendhal’s description of Waterloo. Goethe and Pushkin were also among Stendhal’s admirers.