Rome, Naples and Florence
Author | : Stendhal |
Publisher | : Alma Books |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780714545653 |
ISBN-13 | : 0714545651 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rome, Naples and Florence written by Stendhal and published by Alma Books. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of Napoleon's armies, and he continued to travel and to live in Italy until a few months before his death. Some of his visits lasted only a few weeks, others continued for years, and he spent the last decade of his life as French Consul in Civitavecchia - yet he was never a tourist in the ordinary sense of the word.Italy, for Stendhal, was never a mere treasure trove of ruins, museums and galleries: it was the life of the country which fascinated him, its spirit, the inner workings of its heart and mind. This picture - or rather this living dream - of Italy he created is as fresh and tantalizing today as it was almost two centuries ago.