The classic, elegant translation of Stendhal's masterful novel of ambition, desire, and politics in post-Napoleonic France.
"The Red and the Black" is a reflective novel about the rise of poor, intellectually gifted people to High Society.
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Arguing that French Revolutionary and Napoleonic legislation created a conception of commercial identity that tied together the debtor’s social, moral, and physical person, In the Red and in the Black examines the history of debt ...
Early in the story, Julien Sorel realistically observes that under the Bourbon restoration it is impossible for a man of his plebeian social class to distinguish himself in the army (as he might have done under Napoleon), hence only a ...
The novel's full title, Le Rouge et le Noir: Chronique du XIXe siècle (The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the 19th Century), indicates its twofold literary purpose as both a psychological portrait of the romantic protagonist, Julien ...
A major new translation of Stendhal's masterpiece by acclaimed, bestselling translator Burton Raffel, "The Red and the Black" tells of Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man from the provinces fueled...
A landmark in the development of psychological realism, Stendhal's masterpiece chronicles a young man's struggles with the dualities of his nature.
The Red and the Black tells the story of Julien Sorel's life in a monarchic society of fixed social class.
A Major New Translation The Red and the Black, Stendhal's masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to...
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