#of his novel port royal in La revue parisienne
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Balzac: writes a very enthusiastic, positive and insightful review of La charteuse de Parme, using his fame to bring attention to a less known colleague he thought of as one of the brightest of their times.
Sainte-Beuve: i’m gonna insinuate Stendhal was both extremely mortified and embarrassed by the excessive praise, and also bribing balzac to flatter him that profusely
#??? wtf beuve#some people have no concept of human kindness or something#sainte-b was apparently salty bc balzac had written a bad review#of his novel port royal in La revue parisienne#french romantics#should have a romantic realism tag for balzac (?)#it is known that stendhal was very touched and grateful for that review#and it’s not an excessively gushy work either#it’s pretty good and it’s nice that balzac highlights aspects of stendhal’s writing like his brevity and succinctness#which are opposed to balzac’s own style#also -> the essay linked in source has some funny info on janin as the origin for the ‘jounalism BAD’ ideas balzac and many others had xD#i need to know what janin and stB thought of each other xD
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