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1783-1842
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An unfinished novel written in 1834. It follows Lucien, a Parisian banker's son expelled from military school for protesting, who joins the army and falls in love with a disdainful young widow in Nancy. After losing her, he returns to Paris to become a government minister's secretary. Stendhal abandoned the work, fearing his political satire would cost him his diplomatic