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Stendhal
Pen name for Marie-Henri Beyle (1783 – 1842), pioneer of psychological realism; deep obsession with Italy
une chartreuse
Carthusian monastery (representing Stendhal's fascination with solitude and introspection)
La Chartreuse de Parme
1839 – The Charterhouse of Parma (OC 21-494)
Le Rouge et le Noir
1830 – The Red and the Black
un cavalier servant
a recognised companion (often a lover) of a married noblewoman in XVIII Italian aristocratic society (sigisbée, 25)
affadir
to make bland, insipid
les sensations affadissantes
faded/conventional sensations (lacking authenticity and passion, in which one's experiences become dull and uninspiring, 26)
la dime
ecclesiastical tax paid to the Church, typically a one-tenth of agricultural produce or income (26)
énerver
to irritate or annoy someone (26)
un faquin
contemptible man
le désagrément
inconvenience, displeasure
des petites entraves
minor constraints or hindrances (26)
Lombardie
S. of Alps, includes Milano (Lombardia)
les chaumières
thatched cottages
les contredanses
a type of Italian lively dance popular in the late XVIII, often performed in pairs.
un voltigeur
elite light infantry. Created by Napoleon in 1804, they formed a company in each infantry battalion. They were typically the smaller, more agile soldiers, trained as sharpshooters and skirmishers.
des laquais
footmen (attendants or servants)
un coquin
a rogue or scoundrel
dans la fortune contraire
in adverse fortune or circumstances (29)
Gênes
Genoa
des assignats qui n’avaient pas cours dans le pays
a type of paper currency (issued during the French Revolution) that
weren't legal tender in the country
écu de six francs
coin equivalent to six francs (used in the period of the French Revolution)
avérer
to turn out or prove
quand il fut bien avéré que
when it had become established that (29)
une aune
a unit of measure equivalent to about 1.2 meters, used for textiles (term fell out of use in mid XIX)
se remplumer
to be able to dress properly (vivid colloquial expression, drawn from the image of a bird regrowing its plumage after moulting, illness, or hardship, 29)
Je devins le chevalier de ces dames
cicisbeo at balls, the opera, and social events among the Milanese ladies.
La volupté naturelle aux pays méridionaux
The sensuality natural to southern lands (30)
les Milanais
the people of Milan
été distinguées d’une manière fâcheuse
to singled out in an unfortunate manner
un coup de main
a sudden attack (31)
toujours folle d’amour
still madly in love (32)
Brescia
2nd largest city in Lombardia, after Milano
De retour à Paris,
Upon returning to Paris
Les treize mois s’écoulèrent
The thirteen months that passed
déparer
to detract from the beauty of something
ne déparant point trop le salon d’une femme à la mode
not detracting from the drawing-room of a fashionable woman (35)
ignorant à plaisir
deliberately kept uneducated
Les jésuites étaient repoussés d’Italie par les lois du royaume
The Jesuits were expelled from Italy by the laws of the kingdom.
les hussards
the hussars (light cavalrymen known for their distinctive uniforms and rapid movements)
sa jolie tournure
his handsome appearance
elle eut besoin de tout son crédit pour obtenir que
she had to use all her influence to ensure that
ce consentement eût été refusé avec éclat
that consent would have been emphatically refused
le marquis boudeur
the sullen marquis
rappeler à Grianta Fabrice
to summon Fabrice back to Grianta
un sot triste
a dreary fool
des larmes répandues en quittant
the tears he shed upon leaving
fabriquer des lettres chiffrées
to draft coded letters
Dans le fait,…
In fact, In truth
Ils portaient de la poudre à l’instar de leurs maîtres.
They wore hair powder like their masters. (37)
le abbbé Blanès, curé de Grianta
parish priest of Grianta (Griante), sm village 25 km NE of Como, serves as a tutor and spiritual father to Fabrice del Dongo; obsessed with astrology; this character injects a layer of magical realism, fatalism, and romantic superstition.
les ouailles
the parishioners, those under the care of a priest.
le canton
the parish
une longue lunette
a long telescope
un homme de si bas étage
a man of low status
un cadena
a padlock
les bévues
serious blunders
plonger dans l'incurie
fall into negligence
cette bourrasque
gust of wind, violent storm
un coup de carabine
a rifle shot
tenir le haut du pavé
to be in a position of prominence or influence
se brûler la cervelle
to commit suicide (blow one’s brains out)
les deux époux
the married couple
Dans les pays à enfer
“in countries that have (believe in) hell.”
Il parla de se brûler la cervelle, chose inusitée dans les pays à enfer.
He spoke of blowing his brains out—a rather unusual notion in lands that believe in hell. (43)
sa lettre non décachetée
his unopened letter
un récit circonstancié des bontés
a detailed account of the kindnesses
l’amant régnant
the favoured lover
elle renvoya tous ses gens
she dismissed all her staff
le pire des maux
the worst of all evils
l’âme mobile de la comtesse
the restless spirit of the countess
Par-delà ces collines, dont le faîte offre des ermitages
Beyond these hills, whose crests offer hermitages (45)
le devis
the financial quote (for a proposed project or service)
le marchesine
“marquis’s son, a courtesy title applied to all the sons of a marchese (marquis), a common title in Lombardia
lancer à sa gravité
to prank his solemn demeanor
un batelier
ferryman
des rafales de vent
gusts of wind
le châtaignier
chestnut tree producing edible chestnuts
le marronier
chetnut tree producing mildly toxic horse chestnuts
les doléances
complaints
des jacobins d’accord avec les meneurs de Paris.
Jacobins in league with the ringleaders of Paris. (48)
se relever de la fange
to rise from the mre (49)
bêcher
to dig up the soil (terre)
fondre en larmes
to burst into tears
couser
to sew
les napoléons d’or
gold coins worth 20 francs; the standard unit of serious cash used for travel money, bribes, gifts, and military expenses.
partir sur-le-champ
to leave immediately
les hardes
old or worn-out clothes
un palefrenier
a stable worker responsible for the care of horses
un maquignon
A horse dealer who buys and sells horses
bivouaquer
to camp in the open air without a tent
les bivouacs
temporary outdoor camps
un bataillon
a body of infantry of about 500 men; several batallions make up a regiment; several regiments make up a division (8000-15000 men), the basic operational unit of an army
chiper
to steal or pilfer (fam.)
un officier de gendarmerie
officer charged with intercepting travelers, verifying identity papers, and detaining anyone who looks suspicious near the army.
outré de fureur et mort de fatigue
seething with rage and dead tired
faire fusiller
to be executed by firing squad
Balivernes!
nonsense!
si son régiment doit filer
if his regiment must move out
Le marché fut bientôt conclu.
The deal was struck.