STENDHAL (Henri Beyle, dit) [Grenoble, 1783 - Paris, 1842], - Lot 77

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STENDHAL (Henri Beyle, dit) [Grenoble, 1783 - Paris, 1842], - Lot 77
STENDHAL (Henri Beyle, dit) [Grenoble, 1783 - Paris, 1842], French writer. Autograph. Civitavecchia, December 27, 1831; 1 page large in-4° (31.7 x 21.2 cm). Stendhal has just been appointed to Civitavecchia, the only port in the Papal States, an "abominable hole" of seven thousand five hundred inhabitants, including 1,000 convicts. There, he was overcome by boredom and stupidity: no salons, no friends, no pretty women, no intellectual discussion. "The S.S. government doesn't pay pensions. The spirit of the provinces has entirely changed since last March, when there was a movement entirely in the direction of the government. In Rome, stones are thrown at night at pedestrians who no longer dare to go out in the evening unless they are wearing round hats. At 9 p.m. on December 24, the cardinals didn't dare go to the Vatican. The people we fear right now are the same ones who, last March, planned to murder the French. The light-hearted envy the fate of Bologna, which they say will be Austrian.
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