Armance is a romance novel set during the Bourbon Restoration by Stendhal, published anonymously in 1827.
The novel describes how a series of misunderstandings have kept the lovers Armance and Octave divi.
It concerns Octave de Malivert, a taciturn but brilliant young man barely out of the Ecole Polytechnique, who is attracted to Armance Zohiloff, who shares his feelings.
It was Stendhal\'s first novel, though he had published essays and critical works on literature, art, and travel since 1815.
Armance is a romance novel set during the Bourbon Restoration by Stendhal, published anonymously in 1827