num_pages: 550
description: In The Red and The Black (1830), young Julien Sorel nurtures anachronistic dreams of Napoleonic glory. However, a post-Revolutionary world of patronage-by the Church, politics, social arrivisme and women-points him toward more orthodox enterprises. This ambitious misfit is nonetheless feared and desired; and his inexplicable attempt at murder turns out to be an unparalleled way of extracting himself from convention. Stendhal, one of France's greatest novelists, fashions this story with a riveting psychological accuracy and a passionate awareness of political exigency.
language: English
title: The Red and the Black
titlecomplete: The Red and the Black
characters: Marquis de la Mole, Fouqué, Elisa, Julien Sorel, Chélan, Pirard, Valenod, Madame de Rênal, Mathilde de la Mole
genres: Literature, Novels, French Literature, 19th Century, Romance, Classics, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 72566
places: Verrières, Paris, Besançon, Paris, France
publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.