On Love

Of all of his books, was Stendhal''s favorite. Written at a critical time in his life when his own love had been rejected, the book is a thinly disguised picture of the author''s innermost feelings. Though it ranges over a wide variety of topics from courtly love to the emancipation of women, central to the book is Stendhal''s account of love - an intense, romantic and generally unrequited love.