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# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:40:58.477Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Marie-Henri Beyle, writing as Stendhal, published "Le Rouge et le Noir" in 1830 and "La Chartreuse de Parme" in 1839, books now studied for their ruthless dissection of motive and self-deception. Before either, he'd written "De l'amour", a treatise on passionate attachment that introduced "crystallization" — the process by which longing coats its object in imagined perfection. The book sank on arrival. A self-proclaimed egotist, he coined "Beylism" for the trait in his characters: the relentless scrutiny of one's own desires. Posthumously, psychologists circled back: a president of the APA later called him "a first-rate psychologist before the official term was coined." Realism in fiction begins, in part, with him.