The Red and the Black
- ISBN-10
- 0486437906
- ISBN-13
- 9780486437903
- Series
- The Red and the Black
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-11-04
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Authors
- Stendhal, Horace B. Samuel
Description
This landmark of psychological realism chronicles a young provincial's progress in Parisian society of the early 19th century, where he encounters passion, intrigue, and mortal peril.
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