Famous Translations (Illustrated Edition) ---- The Red and the Black

Author: Stendhal
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Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Features: A man who lived in obscurity, with no footing in the literary world, rose to a status almost on par with Balzac in literary history after his death, solely, more accurately speaking, mainly《Red and Black》, is this fact itself not worth our serious investigation? Through the representative of the French petty bourgeoisie, Julien, who relies on his own intelligence to strive for a place among the French upper-class nobility, he engages in social interactions to achieve his dreams, but ultimately ends up on the guillotine. The book features delicate prose and extraordinarily masterful psychological descriptions, reflecting a side of French society at the time.