Red and Black Fine

Author: [French] Stendhal, translated by Guo Hong'an
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Features: A masterpiece of the 19th-century French writer Stendhal. Julien, born to a commoner but unwilling to live an ordinary life, is determined to rise above his humble origins. He dreams of donning either the "red" uniforms of a general or the "black" robes of a clergyman, and thus embarks on a brief yet tragically filled life of struggle and a love affair with the mayor's wife, as well as an illicit romance with the Marquise's daughter. Combined with Julien's own talents, his life's ambitions come dangerously close to being realized. However, love and passion bring him joy, yet they also inflict him with pain. Love and fate seem to play a cruel joke on him.