&quot;Armance&quot; is a romance novel set during the Bourbon Restoration by French writer Stendhal, published anonymously in 1827. It was Stendhal&#39;s first novel, though he had published essays and critical works on literature, art, and travel since 1815<br /><br />&quot;Armance&quot; tells the story of Octave de Malivert, a taciturn but brilliant young man barely out of the &Eacute;cole Polytechnique, who is attracted to Armance Zohiloff, who shares his feelings. The novel describes how a series of misunderstandings have kept the lovers Armance and Octave divided. Moreover, a series of clues suggest that Octave is impotent as a result of a severe accident. Octave is experiencing a deep inner turmoil; he himself illustrates the pain of the century&#39;s romantics. When the pair do eventually marry, the slanders of a rival convince Octave that Armance had married only out of selfishness. Octave leaves to fight in Greece, and...