description: 1926. Marie-Henri Beyle, who called himself Stendhal, was one of the great early- to mid-19th century French novelists and writers. Best known for his masterpieces Le Rouge Et Le Noir (The Red and the Black) and The Charterhouse of Parma. He also wrote travel books, literature, art criticism and biographies of W.A. Mozart and Joseph Haydn. After the fall of the French empire Stendhal settled in Italy. His travel book, Rome, Naples Et Florence En 1817, was the first book he published under the name of Stendhal. He later returned to Paris and spent the rest of his life writing successfully and prolifically. In The Red and the Black Stendhal's story of Julien Sorel is incomparably the most astute and penetrating study of middle class mores in all fiction. It is, in addition, a relentless dissection of the hypocrisy and opportunism of as unconscionable an upstart as ever violated the Seventh and other Commandments in order to get on in the world. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
language: English
title: The Red and the Black
titlecomplete: The Red and the Black
characters: Mathilde de la Mole, Elisa, Chélan, Julien Sorel, Pirard, Valenod, Marquis de la Mole, Fouqué, Madame de Rênal
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, 19th Century, France, Historical Fiction, French Literature, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 72504
places: France, Paris, Besançon, Verrières, Paris
publisher: Kessinger Publishing