| | The Red and the Black(1st Edition) A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century (Oxford World's Classics) von Roger Pearson, Catherine Slater, Catherine Slater Stendhal Paperback, 592 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2009 von Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953925-3, ISBN: 0-19-953925-1
"In this vigorous and fast-moving novel of post-Napoleonic France, Julien Sorel's plans to reach the higher echelons of society through the priesthood are defelected by his realization that the attainment of happiness is of greater consequence than the pursuit of ambition. Subtitled `A Chronicle of 1830', Stendhal's depiction of a nation of smug hypocrites scandalized contemporary readers, who recognized themselves or their peers and f ..."
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