Adventure and psychology, world history and an unrestrained, tragic love - Stendhal combines realistic storytelling with turbulent entertainment in his 'The Charterhouse of Parma.' Set against a historical backdrop in beautiful Italy, Fabrizio del Dongo, a narrow-gauge Don Juan, stumbles through his extravagant life straight into prison. There, he falls seriously in love for the first time with the jailer's daughter, Clelia. Although they are not allowed to be together outside the prison walls, and she vows at their wedding never to see him again, nothing can be seen at night. With a contribution from Kindler's Literature Lexicon, including data on life and work, exclusively written by the editorial team of the literary journal TEXT + KRITIK.