The Chartreuse of Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma)

Written by:
Stendhal
Narrated by:
Antony Brown

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
3
Narrator
2
Release Date
August 2016
Duration
18 hours 58 minutes
Summary
This book is more often called The Charterhouse of Parma in English, because "Charterhouse" is the English word for a Carthusian monastery, whereas "Chartreuse" is the French word.

The book tells the life of a Lombard nobleman, born soon after the appearance of Napoleon's army in Italy. He has many adventures in love, war, politics, and the Church. The politics and the Church part of his life result from his doting aunt's becoming the Prime Minister's mistress, and the power behind the throne, in the Duchy of Parma.

The Prime Minister is a wish-fulfillment depiction of the author. Although nobody lives happily ever after, it is a happy book to read, quite unlike "The Red and the Black". (Summary by Antony Brown)

Proof-listened by abigayl & Kimberly Krause
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Wildberries

I couldn’t stand listening to it more than a couple of minutes, unfortunately, it’s a classical book and supposed to be great but it’s already in difficult old language and the narration doesn’t help.

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