The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830 by Stendhal

"The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830" by Stendhal is a psychological novel published in 1830. It follows Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man from humble origins who attempts to climb France's rigid social hierarchy through talent, cunning, and deception. Navigating between church and aristocracy during the Bourbon Restoration, Julien engages in dangerous love affairs and political intrigue while confronting the hypocrisy of French society. This chronicle satirizes the materialism of the era, tracing how passion and ambition collide with class barriers in a world hostile to merit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Stendhal, 1783-1842
Translator Samuel, Horace Barnett, 1883-1950
Uniform Title Le rouge et le noir. English
Title The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_and_the_Black
Credits Maria Notarangelo and Marc D’Hooghe
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject France -- Fiction
Subject Young men -- France -- Fiction
Subject Ambition -- Fiction
Subject Church and state -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 44747
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Most Recently Updated Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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