The 19th-century French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle is best known by his pen name ________.
- Honoré de Balzac
- Stendhal
- Gustave Flaubert
- Émile Zola
Answer: Stendhal
Stendhal is celebrated for his masterpieces 'The Red and the Black' and 'The Charterhouse of Parma', and his acute psychological realism.