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Bruce Robbins

Horace B. Samuel

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The Red and the Black

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A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century

The son of a carpenter, Julian Sorel is inspired by the writings of Napoleon to conquer the heights of society. His initial plan to work his way up through the church is, however, thwarted when he is forced to accept employment as a tutor--and this rash social entrepreneur certainly has not
considered the dangers of falling in love. Stendhal's novel is an amusing and piquant study of hypocrisy and free will in post-Napoleonic France.

A Chronicle of 1830

Julien Sorel is willing to become an accomplished hypocrite if it will help him achieve fame and fortune

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