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dreamlike atmosphere, of The Charterhouse of Parma allows the author to caricaturize the petty
tyranny of post-Napoleonic Europe, to question public morality, and to assert the prerogatives of
love's follies. There are subtly drawn portraits of the naive and idealistic young Fabrice del Dongo
(notably at the Battle of Waterloo); of his courageous and passionate aunt, the Duchess de
Sanseverina; of her lover, the benevolent Machiavellian statesman Count Mosca; and of the young and
innocent Clélia Conti, the daughter of Fabrice's jailer, who falls in love with the handsome prisoner.
Passion in all its forms is the novel's recurrent theme. And once again, the young hero learns the
deeper lessons of spirituality, love, and freedom within the liberating confines of a prison cell.
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of The Charterhouse of Parma is its highly
sophisticated psychology