Publisher's Synopsis
The Red and the Black is a novel by Stendhal, published in French in 1830 as a name of Le Rouge et le noir. The novel, published in France during the Second Restoration (1815-30). The novel based on powerful character study of Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man who uses seduction as a way for advancement. The Red and the Black is generally considered the author's major work and one of the greatest 19th-century novels.
