Red and Black - Red Candle Youth Must-Read Learning Treasury

Author: Stendhal
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: On the huge rock where Julien stands, he gazes at the blue sky. The August sun is like fire, and the cicadas sing in the fields beneath the rock. When their calls cease, how tranquil the surroundings become. At his feet lies a vast plain stretching twenty leagues in all directions, where occasionally a golden eagle soars from the cliffs above, tracing enormous circles in the sky, circling silently. Julien watches the eagle intently. Its steady, powerful movements deeply move him. He envies its strength, its solitude. This is the fate of Napoleon, perhaps one day it will also be his fate.