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On Love, philosophical discourse by Stendhal, published in 1822 as De l'amour. The work was prompted by Stendhal's hopeless love for Métilde Dembowski. The first part of On Love is an analysis of love, in which Stendhal lists four kinds of love: physical love, purely sexual in scope; love as a social game, removed from passion; vanity love, a type necessary for high social standing; and passion, the finest form of love, which the author idealized and to which he devotes most of his attention. Stendhal also outlines seven progressive stages of love, from admiration to "crystallization," or the process by which the lover attributes all types of perfection to the beloved. In the second part of the work Stendhal presents his views, considered radical at the time, against marriage and favouring the full education and moral liberty of women.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length12 hrs 10 mins
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Publish dateJan 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTORY PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION
37CHAPTER XXXI EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF SALVIATI
2PREFACE[1]
38CHAPTER XXXII OF INTIMATE INTERCOURSE
3PREFACE[1]
39CHAPTER XXXIII
4PREFACE[1]
40CHAPTER XXXIV OF CONFIDENCES
5PREFACE[1]
41CHAPTER XXXV OF JEALOUSY
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6BOOK I
42CHAPTER XXXVI OF JEALOUSY—(continued)
7CHAPTER I OF LOVE
43CHAPTER XXXVII ROXANA
8CHAPTER II OF THE BIRTH OF LOVE
44CHAPTER XXXVIII OF SELF-ESTEEM PIQUED[1]
9CHAPTER III OF HOPE
45CHAPTER XXXIX OF QUARRELSOME LOVE
10CHAPTER IV
46CHAPTER XXXIX (Part II) REMEDIES AGAINST LOVE
11CHAPTER V
47CHAPTER XXXIX (Part III)
12CHAPTER VI THE CRYSTALS OF SALZBURG
48BOOK II
13CHAPTER VII DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BIRTH OF LOVE IN THE TWO SEXES
49CHAPTER XL
14CHAPTER VIII
50CHAPTER XLI OF NATIONS WITH REGARD TO LOVE. FRANCE
15CHAPTER IX
51CHAPTER XLII FRANCE (continued)
16CHAPTER X
52CHAPTER XLIII ITALY(27)
17CHAPTER XI
53CHAPTER XLIV ROME
18CHAPTER XII FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF CRYSTALLISATION
54CHAPTER XLV ENGLAND(31)
19CHAPTER XIII OF THE FIRST STEP; OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD; OF MISFORTUNES
55CHAPTER XLVI ENGLAND—(continued)
20CHAPTER XIV
56CHAPTER XLVII SPAIN(36)
21CHAPTER XV
57CHAPTER XLVIII GERMAN LOVE(37)
22CHAPTER XVI
58CHAPTER XLIX A DAY IN FLORENCE
23CHAPTER XVII BEAUTY DETHRONED BY LOVE
59CHAPTER L LOVE IN THE UNITED STATES(41)
24CHAPTER XVIII LIMITATIONS OF BEAUTY
60CHAPTER LI LOVE IN PROVENCE UP TO THE CONQUEST OF TOULOUSE, IN 1328, BY THE BARBARIANS FROM THE NORTH
25CHAPTER XIX LIMITATIONS OF BEAUTY—(continued)
61CHAPTER LII(39) PROVENCE IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY
26CHAPTER XX
62CHAPTER LIII ARABIA
27CHAPTER XXI LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
63CHAPTER LIV(43) OF THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN
28CHAPTER XXII OF INFATUATION
64CHAPTER LV(43) OBJECTIONS TO THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN
29CHAPTER XXIII THE THUNDERBOLT FROM THE BLUE(11)
65CHAPTER LVI(43) OBJECTIONS TO THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN (continued)
30CHAPTER XXIV VOYAGE IN AN UNKNOWN LAND
66CHAPTER LVI (Part II) ON MARRIAGE
31CHAPTER XXV THE INTRODUCTION
67CHAPTER LVII OF VIRTUE, SO CALLED
32CHAPTER XXVI OF MODESTY
68CHAPTER LVIII STATE OF EUROPE WITH REGARD TO MARRIAGE
33CHAPTER XXVII THE GLANCE
69CHAPTER LIX WERTHER AND DON JUAN
34CHAPTER XXVIII OF FEMININE PRIDE
70BOOK III
35CHAPTER XXIX OF WOMEN'S COURAGE
71SCATTERED FRAGMENTS
36CHAPTER XXX A PECULIAR AND MOURNFUL SPECTACLE
72APPENDIX
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