Younger family fascinated by Napoleon that dream to join, Fabrice del Dongo arrives at Waterloo when the battle begins. But it does not follow a military career to which he aspired, and consents to become bishop. With enough detachment, however, for the most part remains for him the pursuit of happiness - that is to say, love. When Stendhal published La Chartreuse in 1839, the novel remains clean his eyes romance where nothing counts but the story that mocks the serious relief of life and great deeds of heroism as great passions. And the paradox of the modern book is also a satire of power and the court of Parma, this book where the Italians found their culture, is that it remains related to old age without funds where adventure novels is accompanied by an atmosphere of happiness and joy.