Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal
Fils de charpentier, Julien Sorel est trop sensible et trop ambitieux pour suivre la carri re familiale dans la scierie d'une petite ville de province. En secret, il nourrit une fascination pour Bonaparte et ses m moires compil s dans M morial de Saint-H l ne de Las Cases. Il r ve d'une ascension similaire celle de l'empereur. Julien trouve une place de pr cepteur dans la maison du maire, Monsieur de R nal, et noue une relation interdite avec son pouse. Chass lorsque cette idylle est d couverte, il rentre au s minaire de Besan on. Avant peu, il monte Paris et devient le secr taire du Marquis de la Mole, dont il s duira la fille Mathilde. Jusqu'au bout, Julien Sorel verra son ambition contrecarr e par ses sentiments, qui le conduiront sa perte.
Stendhal (1783-1842), the pen name of Henri Marie Beyle, was born into a prosperous family in Grenoble. At sixteen he set out for Paris, intending to pursue a career as an engineer, but instead enlisted in Napoleon's Army. Stendhal took part in campaigns in Italy, Germany, Russia, and Austria, and then, after Napoleon's fall from power, settled in Milan, where he wrote books on art and music. Expelled from Italy for political reasons in 1821, he returned to Paris; following the 1830 revolution, he secured the position, which he was to hold for the rest of his life, of French Consul to Civitavecchia. Stendhal's great novels The Red and the Black (1830) and The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) were largely ignored during his lifetime, and many of his works remained unfinished and were published only posthumously. Among his most important books are On Love, Lucien Leuwen, The Memoirs of an Egotist, and The Life of Henry Brulard.
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| ISBN 13 | 9782322182459 |
| ISBN 10 | 2322182451 |
| Title | Le Rouge et le Noir |
| Author | Stendhal |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Books on Demand |
| Year published | 2021-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 386 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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