MARIE-HENRI BEYLE
\mɐɹˈiːhˈɛnɹi bˈe͡ɪl], \mɐɹˈiːhˈɛnɹi bˈeɪl], \m_ɐ_ɹ_ˈiː_h_ˈɛ_n_ɹ_i b_ˈeɪ_l]\
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better known under the pseudonym of "Stendhal". A notable French novelist and critic; born in Grenoble, Jan. 23, 1783; died in Paris, March 23, 1842. In spite of interruptions due to the political upheavals in which he became involved, he found time to display his critical and imaginative genius in "Rome, Naples, and Florence in 1817", "History of Painting in Italy", and "About Love": but his celebrity now rests principally upon "The Chartreuse[Carthusian Nun] of Parma", a magnificent fiction, brilliantly original, witty, and absorbing; and to a less extent upon "The Red and the Black"[i.e., Priests and Soldiers], a romance possible only to a writer with the widest knowledge of men and things.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.