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worked at ridding himself of his provincial accent, and fell in love with a second-rate actress (Mélanie
Louason), whom he followed to Marseille. By then he was keeping a diary (posthumously published
as his Journal) and writing other texts dealing with his intimate thoughts.
The year 1806 proved to be a turning point. Count Pierre Daru, having been appointed intendant-
general of Napoleon's army, had his young protégé sent as an adjunct military commissary to the
German city of Brunswick. This was the beginning of an administrative career in the French army that
allowed Henri Beyle to discover parts of Germany and Austria. His army appointment gave him a
direct experience of the Napoleonic regime and of Europe at war. He watched Moscow go up in
flames, took part in the French forces' retreat from Russia, and helped organize the military defence of
the province of Dauphiné back in France
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