The Red and the Black, Stendhal
The Red and the Black, Stendhal
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The Red and the Black

Author: Stendhal

Narrator: Bill Homewood

Abridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 06/27/2011

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Young Julien Sorel, the son of a country timber merchant, carries a portrait of his hero Napoleon Bonaparte and dreams of military glory. A brilliant career in the Church leads him into Parisian high society, where, ‘mounted upon the finest horse in Alsace’, he gains high military office and wins the heart of the aristocratic Mlle Mathilde de la Mole. Julien’s cunning and ambition lead him into all sorts of scrapes, but it is the struggle between his passion for two beautiful women – the quixotic Mathilde and the loyal Mme de Renal – which ultimately decides his destiny.

About Stendhal

Stendhal, the pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), was a nineteenth-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters’ psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels, Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on August 25, 2010

I was taking the train from Geneva to Grenoble, one of the most beautiful routes in the world, and I was reading Le Rouge et le Noir for the second time. I hadn't picked the book because I was visiting Grenoble, it just worked out that way. I was alone in the compartment; it was one of those old-fas......more

Goodreads review by Valeriu on May 10, 2023

Umberto Eco a spus că rezumatul cel mai scurt și mai exact al romanului lui Stendhal ar fi următorul: „Napoleon a murit la 5 mai 1821”. Altfel spus, destinul lui nu mai poate fi repetat de nimeni. Julien Sorel ar ilustra fără greș acest adevăr. Stendhal nu și-a făcut iluzii cu privire la apariția că......more

Goodreads review by Steven on July 18, 2021

Sufrir nunca es una buena decisión. Si un libro te molesta, te aburre o no te produce buenos sentimientos, aléjalo de ti. En realidad 2,5 Cuando pienso en las historias y aventuras que he vivido gracias a los libros, me siento muy orgulloso de dedicar diariamente por lo menos un pequeño espacio de mi......more

Goodreads review by Dana on February 07, 2019

Most people have heard of it and a lot probably have it on the shelves as part of the classics collection. Waste time no more! This is one of the rare books where the genius of the writer is tangible. It is not only exceptionally accurate and well-observed in psychological element, but an invaluable......more