The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830

The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830

The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830Some slight sketch of the life and character of...
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Author: Stendhal, 1783-1842
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The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830

The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830

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The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830

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Author: Stendhal, 1783-1842
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830

Some slight sketch of the life and character of Stendhal is particularly necessary to an understanding of Le Rouge et Le Noir (The Red and the Black) not so much as being the formal stuffing of which introductions are made, but because the book as a book stands in the most intimate relation to the author's life and character. The hero, Julien, is no doubt, viewed superficially, a cad, a scoundrel, an assassin, albeit a person who will alternate the moist eye of the sentimentalist with the ferocious grin of the beast of prey. But Stendhal so far from putting forward any excuses makes a specific point of wallowing defiantly in his own alleged wickedness. "Even assuming that Julien is a villain and that it is my portrait," he wrote shortly after the publication of the book, "why quarrel with me. In the time of the Emperor, Julien would have passed for a very honest man. I lived in the time of the Emperor. Sobut what does it matter?" ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 44747
Author: Stendhal, 1783-1842
Release Date: Jan 24, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Samuel, Horace Barnett, 1883-1950

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