A Lion for Love

A Critical Biography of Stendhal

Robert Alter

In collaboration with Carol Cosman

    • Preface
    • Roman Prelude

      Part One: the Young Man from the Provinces

    1. Grenoble (Aetat. 1-16)
    2. Paris (Aetat. 16-17)
    3. Italy (Aetat. 17-18)
    4. Return To Paris (Aetat. 19-22)

      5. Part Two: The Initiate

    5. Marseilles (Aetat. 22-23)
    6. Prussia and Paris (Aetat. 23-28)
    7. Milan (Aetat. 28-29)
    8. Moscow to Milan (Aetat. 29-31)

      9. Part Three: The Free Lance

    9. Milan (Aetat. 31-38)
    10. Paris (Aetat. 38-44)
    11. The End of the Paris Years (Aetat. 44-47)

      12. Part Four: The Consul

    12. Civiatavecchia (Aetat. 48-53)
    13. Paris (Aetat. 53-55)
    14. Civiatavecchia and Paris (Aetat. 56-59)
    • Index
    • Illustrations
  • Cover: A Lion for Love

Robert Alter is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous critical works, the most recent of which is the prize-winning book The Art of Biblical Narrative.