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MARIE HENRI (bāl), better known under the pseudonym of "Stendhal," a French novelist and critic, born in Grenoble, Jan. 23, 1783.
Among his works are: "Rome, Naples Forence in 1817," "History of Painting in Italy," and "About Love"; but his celebrity now rests principally upon "The Chartreuse of Parma," original, witty and absorbing; and to a less extent upon "The Red and the Black." He died in Paris, March 23, 1842.