On Love
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers interested in the psychology of emotion and observation of human nature
- Literary readers who enjoy Stendhal's novels and want to understand his intellectual background
- Readers who need classic viewpoints for reference when writing about or studying love
Not a good fit for
- Readers hoping for concrete dating techniques or a how-to guide
- Readers who prefer continuous narrative and plot-driven progression
Reading tips
- Read the chapters on "crystallization" first to grasp the book's central metaphor, then return to the rest.
- Compare the book's judgments with your own emotional experience and jot down where you agree or disagree.
- No need to read straight through; dip into sections on passion, jealousy, and suspicion as interest dictates.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Stendhal (1783-1842) was a French writer, best known for the novels Le rouge et le noir (The Red and the Black) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma), as well as On Love and shorter works such as Vanina Vanini. He also wrote autobiographical and art-historical works, including Vie de Henri Brulard, Souvenirs d'égotisme and Histoire de la peinture en Italie. His writing is noted for its subtle and dispassionate psychological portrayal, often revealing inner conflicts of love, ambition and social circumstance. The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma are often regarded as important works of nineteenth-century French realist fiction. The available records provide limited public information about his life, so this note focuses on the themes and style of his works rather than unverified biographical detail.
