MARIE-HENRI BEYLE [DE STENDHAL] THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA Translated from the French by C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF VOLUME ONE BONI & LIVERIGHT NEW YORK MCMXXV The Works of Stendhal I THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA VOLUME ONE CONTENTS A STUDY OF M. BEYLE by Honoré De Balzac BEYLE'S REPLY TO BALZAC TO THE READER CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN TRANSLATOR'S DEDICATION TO MADAME C—— R—— In whom alone survives the spirit of the Sanseverina, to resist tyranny, to unmask intrigue, to encourage ambition, this story of her countrywoman is, in the language of her adopted country, dedicated by C. K. S. M. Pisa, December, 1924. A STUDY OF M. BEYLE By Honoré De Balzac