Lucien Leuwen; ou, l'Amarante et le Noir. Tome Premier

by Stendhal

"Lucien Leuwen; ou, l'Amarante et le Noir. Tome Premier" by Stendhal is an unfinished novel written in 1834. It follows Lucien, a Parisian banker's son expelled from military school for protesting, who joins the army and falls in love with a disdainful young widow in Nancy. After losing her, he returns to Paris to become a government minister's secretary. Stendhal abandoned the work, fearing his political satire would cost him his diplomatic position under the July Monarchy. The novel remained unpublished until 1894.