literature hard Fill in the Blank

The 19th-century French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle is best known by his pen name ________.

  1. Honoré de Balzac
  2. Stendhal
  3. Gustave Flaubert
  4. 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.

Topic Pen Names
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