The Red and the Black

by Stendhal Stendhal, HORACE B. SAMUEL (Translator)

Overview

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 make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing and tragic. Sorel's quest to find himself, and the doomed love he encounters along the way, are delineated with an unprecedented psychological depth and realism. At the same time, Stendhal weaves together the social life and fraught political intrigues of post–Napoleonic France, bringing that world to unforgettable, full-color life. His portrait of Julien and early-nineteenth-century France remains an unsurpassed creation, one that brilliantly anticipates modern literature.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161292693
Publisher:	UnderPress Books
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	506 KB

About the Author

Marie-Henri Beyle (French: [b?l]; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (/'st?~d??l, st?n'd??l, stæn-/;[1][2][3] French: [st?~dal, st?~-]),[4] was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839), he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism.