false 14662 145 Handsome and ambitious, Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins and make something of his life-by adopting the code of hypocrisy by which his society operates. Julien ultimately commits a crime-out of passion, principle, or insanity-that will bring about his downfall. The Red and the Black is a lively, satirical picture of French Restoration society after Waterloo, riddled with corruption, greed, and ennui. The complex, sympathetic portrayal of Julien, the cold exploiter whose Machiavellian campaign is undercut by his own emotions, makes him Stendhal's most brilliant and human creation-and one of the greatest characters in European literature. Translated with an introduction by Roger Gard. 1028281 book 1830 The Red and the Black total:2187|5:697|4:720|3:524|2:180|1:66| 2187 8363 3531 187 4 5 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 20:36:55 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 20:36:55 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed May 21 20:24:29 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 06:03:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Mar 10 13:43:58 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 02 08:54:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Oct 08 13:40:04 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 13:43:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 16:55:31 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 20:48:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 14 06:14:40 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 27 13:16:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 02:36:24 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 09:04:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 17 20:22:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 19:24:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 01 12:30:22 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 12:22:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Feb 11 21:32:34 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 20:37:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 20:10:54 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 09:04:17 -0700 2009
At any rate, bit slow going at first as I got a handle on provincial class and political systems in 1830s France. Written for a public with much more leisure time on t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 25 23:31:35 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 10 00:42:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 07:58:39 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 08:12:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 13:21:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:50:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 10 07:04:22 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 07:59:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Wed Apr 15 09:05:10 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 09:13:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:45:10 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:48:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Mar 16 21:26:04 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 16 21:26:36 -0700 2007

]]> 1 0 false true Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 15 01:49:37 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 04 01:02:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1984 Tue Jun 30 10:55:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 10:14:46 -0700 2009 The Red and the Black, published in 1830, is the most famous novel by Romantic-realist and psychological author Stendhal, and not an easy one to get through in its original French! After all, Stendhal destined his small, but intensely intellectual oeuvre of novels "to the happy few," a...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14662