The Red and the Black

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

”Nothing can distinguish a man as a death sentence,” thought Mathilde. “It’s the only thing one can’t buy.” Julien Sorel was a young man with an audacious intellect. Such a gift can be a great resource that can be exploited for financial gain or it can be a burden that keeps a person in perpetual......more

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