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Bookmark or Share- The Red and the Black - WikipediaLe Rouge et le Noir (French pronunciation: [lə ʁuʒ e l(ə) nwaʁ]; meaning The Red and the Black) is a historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in 1830. It chronicles the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception, and ...
- The Red and the Black | Romanticism, Realism, FranceThe Red and the Black, novel by Stendhal, published in French in 1830 as Le Rouge et le noir. The novel, set in France during the Second Restoration (1815–30), is a powerful character study of Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man who uses seduction as a tool for advancement.
- Stendhal - WikipediaWriter. Literary movement. Realism, Romanticism. Marie-Henri Beyle ( French: [bɛl]; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal ( UK: / ˈstɒ̃dɑːl /, US: / stɛnˈdɑːl, stænˈ -/; [1] [2] [3] French: [stɛ̃dal, stɑ̃dal] ), [a] was a 19th-century French writer.
- Stendhal Biography - CliffsNotesStendhal Biography. Henri Beyle (Stendhal) was born in 1783, in Grenoble, into a respectable, middle-class family. Chérubin Beyle, Stendhal's father, a reactionary in politics, was an industrious, narrow-minded bourgeois, whom Henri detested and to whom he later referred as the "bâtard." Stendhal loved his mother tenderly, but this delightful ...
- Stendhal - Novels, Essays, Biographies | BritannicaStendhal - Novels, Essays, Biographies: During Stendhal’s lifetime, his reputation was largely based on his books dealing with the arts and with tourism (a term he helped introduce in France), and on his political writings and conversational wit.
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