Красное и Черное

Translated from French by S.P. Bobrov and M.P. Theological. Notes by B. Reizov. Decoration by Y. Ignatiev.

Stendhal (1783-1842) - the real name of Henri Beyle - is one of those writers who made the glory of French literature of the 19th century. His pen belongs to 'Parma Monastery', 'Lucien Level', 'Vanina Vanini', but the peak of the writer's work was the novel 'Red and Black'. An ordinary case from a criminal chronicle, which is the basis of the novel, became at the hands of a subtle psychologist and brilliant stylist Stendhal a human drama of the highest intensity and at the same time a social study of society. Julien Sorel, an ambitious and capable young man, experienced both romantic love and violent passion, which he could not resist and for which he paid with his life.