The red and the black
By: Stendhal ; translated with an introduction and notes by Roger Gard.
Contributors: Gard, Roger.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: Young men -- France -- Fiction; France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Handsome and ambitious, Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins and make something of his life-by adopting the code of hypocrisy by which his society operates. Julien ultimately commits a crime-out of passion, principle, or insanity-that will bring about his downfall. The Red and the Black is a lively, satirical picture of French Restoration society after Waterloo, riddled with corruption, greed, and ennui. The complex, sympathetic portrayal of Julien, the cold exploiter whose Machiavellian campaign is undercut by his own emotions, makes him Stendhal's most brilliant and human creation-and one of the greatest characters in European literature."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvi).
"The text followed is that of the first edition of Le Rouge et le noir of November 1830"--P. xxvii.