Scarlet and Black (Everyman's Library Classics, #38)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781857150384 (1857150384)
Publish date: September 26th 1991
Publisher: Everyman
Pages no: 350
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Drama,
19th Century,
France,
French Literature
I didn't think I'd wind up liking this book much reading the first dozens of pages. The book is centered on Julian Sorel, the brilliant and ambitious son of a peasant in post-Napoleon France. The "red" and the "black" of the title refer to the two routes to power for someone of humble birth in the F...
Brilliant! A must read for all interested in political intrigues. Devlin
This is not at all what I expected. I kind of feared this would a stodgy morality story and in a way it was a morality play but it was far from stodgy. I can't count the number of times it made me genuinely laugh because of the brilliant satire.Our main protagonist Julien seems to be a massive colle...
”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 mis...
Ech, "Czerwone i czarne"... No cóż, niestety poddałam się w połowie lektury, po paru początkowych rozdziałach drugiej części książki. Co smutne, najpierw czytanie szło mi dość szybko i przyjemnie. O ile jednak na poczatku styl Stendhala i - zwłaszcza - postać głównego bohatera naprawdę przypadły mi ...
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