Treasure Trove of World Literary Masterpieces Red and Black (Youth Edition) (Youth Edition)

Author: Stendhal
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: Stendhal's most successful work is the novel The Red and the Black. The novel depicts the vast panorama of French society in the 1830s, providing realistic portrayals of various fields. The story revolves around the tragedy of the young man Julien. Despite his low social status, Julien seeks to rise in the upper class through his wit, by leveraging religion, and with the help of women, but ultimately fails and is sent to the guillotine. The greatest artistic achievement of The Red and the Black is Stendhal's profound psychological portrayal of characters, reaching a depth unprecedented in literary history. Regardless of the social status, gender, or personality of the characters he depicts, the way he reveals their inner lives is uniquely distinctive. Not only do we see through their souls, but we also see through the psychological laws that compel them to act and feel as they do in real life—a quality unseen in the works of any other writer.