The Red and the Black

Name: The Red and the Black
Author: Stendhal

by Stendhal

Novel of a young man's ambition to succeed through seduction and social climbing

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Stendhal

French author whose psychological novels pioneered the modern form of realistic fiction. The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma are celebrated for their incisive analysis of ambition, love, and social climbing.

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