Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 4 | In the Realm of Literature

I uN IN THE REALM OF l ost t Light I of Literature I Brought to Life he The Charterhouse of Parma by Henri Beyle Is Translated I By L. L J. J Ft F. F t would be difficult to point to a aIn aIn aure ure in all French literature so im- im and yet et so little known to toSh tosh Sh readers as Henri Beyle The Wr nt critic M. M Andre Gide Glde when ed td lately to name the novel T Ich stands in his opinion first I ong the novels of ot France claimed I In n without doubt Henri B Beyle Byle yle is Teator of ot the greatest works of tion in the French language and serious consideration chose choseI I liS ic Charterhouse of ot Parma as greatest novel ince since Henri Beyle was in love all fe this master passion shows in all his books The Char- Char house of Parma carries that emon emo- emo n rom the first page to the last Irom IS laid aid in Italy in the beginning th nineteenth century Italian morals rals Italian in violence Italian romance nanCe but viewed through th the fand and nd mind of or a French emo- emo nat nal Epicurean LJ i small state of Parma might A at its height and Conte sea Metternich holding the reigns in spite of or intrigue ot The is is tl the e real r. r Her beauty buys burs for her herch ch cli husband who wio marries her her I. I Ii h honor of a foreign embassy j 0 leaves the day of the dd deling ng never to return the Uni lining lin Un- i ing passion of the great Conte Conter if r and even the devotion un-I un of or f ng whom she poisons Withal jIls In love with her own nephew 0 os S scarce half her age This hs Y v becomes the Archbishop of rma but his ecclesiastical robes ritt not t t interfere with his amours r rely ly with his marriage h ti advice advice- given to this nephew b zio when he starts his s studies is Believe or not t tras s yoU vou choose what they teach U 11 but never raise any ns ns Imagine they are teaching lithe rules of the game of whist ul uld ula 1 you raise any objections to grilles of whist Believe any- any ng ngi but do not yield to the temp- temp Ion to tb shine Discerning eyes eres ii ee your cleverness It will t me enough to b be witty when 12 11 are re an archbishop I s not ot that the keynote of diplo- diplo I cy ilI ac says sas of this b book ok that thai It find readers fitted to enjoy it Iy among the diplomats minis minis- s 5 of society in a word iong ong the twelve or fifteen hun- hun at the head of the af- af Europe Nietzsche an and Taine Tame claim to have haved d t some thirty or forty times t now MrS Mr Ir l Io Moncrieff crieff has trans- trans Into English for us If I was right he i is 19 doubly of The Charterhouse rma will never be popular with est S est seller seUer readers It needs Ibe studied to be appreciated Liveright New York