[Pocket Edition] World Literature Classics Library - The Red and the Black

Author: Stendhal (French), translated by Luo Xinzhang
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The Red and the Black is the masterpiece of the renowned French writer Stendhal and the foundational work of European critical realism literature. The novel revolves around the main theme of the personal struggles and eventual failure of the protagonist Julien Sorel, extensively depicting the social atmosphere imposed on the French people by the successive governments in the early 1830s. It reflects some fundamental issues in the political and social life of early 19th-century France.