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The Red and the Black (1830)

by Stendhal

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The classic, elegant translation of Stendhal's masterful novel of ambition, desire, and politics in post-Napoleonic France.
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  BegoMano | Mar 5, 2023 |
A good rebuke of the horrid villany and insipid morality of the middle class. A book that would never be published today on the grounds that it would offend bourgeois sensibilities. The middle class could live with vulgar sex, godlessness and any number of nihilistic orgies but never a candide admonishment of its hypocrisy. ( )
  galuf84 | Jul 27, 2022 |
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  archivomorero | Jun 25, 2022 |
No happy end! ( )
  iffland | Mar 19, 2022 |
Now I know why they call it a "classic". I had mixed feelings going into The Red and the Black. Never having read Stendhal I knew nothing other than his reputation as a great writer. Having finished the book I would say we need to check some boxes.

Great writer: Yes
Excellent chronicler and commentator on social history: Yes
Fascinating storyteller: Yes
Insightful analyst of human psychology: Yes
Eminent novelist: Yes

Given that the work is written in 19th century fashion, some degree of patience and persistence is required to fully enjoy it. Likewise, many of the characters are, shall we say, annoying. But, alas, such is/was life.

Did I mention romance?

One question in my mind is whether Julien Sorel might be an incipient anti-hero?

Read and enjoy! ( )
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Qua schrijfstijl zou Stendhal maar wat aanrommelen, maar in Het rood en het zwart, nu opnieuw uitgebracht in de Perpetua-reeks, bereikt hij het gewenste effect door inzet van de juiste middelen....
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Stendhal—primary authorall editionscalculated
Bair, LowellTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bergés, ConsueloTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Beyer, HugoEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Botto, MargheritaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Busoni, RafaelloIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Castex, Pierre-GeorgesEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Charles, JoanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Del Litto, VictorPrefacesecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Evans, BergenIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fadiman, CliftonIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gard, RogerEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gard, RogerTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Heumakers, ArnoldAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Johnson, DianeIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lavagetto, MarioTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Madden, JamesNotessecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Martin, FrankIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Martineau, HenriEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Maugham, W. SomersetEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Mérimée, ProsperIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Shaw, Margaret R. B.Introductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Canonical title
The Red and the Black
Original title
Le rouge et le noir
Alternative titles
Scarlet and Black
Original publication date
1830 (original French)
People/Characters
Julien Sorel
Mathilde de la Mole
Madame de Rênal
L'abbé Pirard
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
Verrières, France (fictional)
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Information from the French Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.
The Red and the Black (1954 | IMDb)
The Red and the Black (1997 | IMDb)
Le rouge et le noir (1961 | IMDb)
Awards and honors
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)
Guardian 1000 (State of the nation)
Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time
Daniel S. Burt's Novel 100 (31)
The Telegraph's 100 novels everyone should read (85)
Epigraph
[To Part One, Shaw trans.]

Truth – Truth in all her rugged harshness

La vérité, l'âpre vérité

– Danton

[To Part Two, Shaw trans.]

She is not pretty, she wears no rouge.

Elle n'est pas jolie, elle n'a point de rouge.

– Sainte-Beuve
Dedication
To the happy few
First words
The small town of Verrieres may be regarded as one of the prettiest in the Franche-Comte.
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De e-boekversie van Het rood en het zwart bevat vrij veel transscriptiefouten en is niet aangepast aan de spellingswijzigingen van 1996.
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Le Rouge et le Noir, sous-titré Chronique du xixe siècle, puis Chronique de 1830, est un roman écrit par Stendhal, publié pour la première fois à Paris chez Levasseur le 13 novembre 1830, bien que l'édition originale mentionne la date de 1831. C'est son deuxième roman, après Armance.

Il est cité par William Somerset Maugham en 1954, dans son essai Ten Novels and Their Authors, parmi les dix plus grands romans jamais écrits.

Cette édition comprend une brève autobiographie de l'auteur.
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843.7Literature › French › French fiction › Constitutional monarchy 1815–48

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PQ2435.R7Language and Literature › French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures › French literature › Modern literature › 19th century

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