The Red and the Black

What price would you pay to rise above your station?

Stendhal's masterpiece, The Red and the Black, is a gripping psychological novel that explores the ambitions of Julien Sorel—a poor yet brilliant young man determined to escape his humble origins. Torn between passion and calculation, sincerity and hypocrisy, Julien maneuvers through love affairs, clerical life, and political intrigue in 19th-century France.

A daring critique of social hypocrisy and class ambition, this timeless novel blends romance, satire, and tragedy. Stendhal exposes the tension between desire and duty, faith and skepticism, and personal freedom and rigid social norms.

Praised as one of the greatest novels of European literature, The Red and the Black remains a profound exploration of human ambition and the cost of chasing power.

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