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After Napoleonâs defeat, the French aristocracy tried to reassert its power in a government known as the Restoration. Venal and corrupt, the Restoration fell in 1830. Later that year, Stendhal published his scathing satire of Restoration society, The Red and the Black. Its title refers to the military and the clergy, the two career paths open to young men of intelligence and ambition but no social standing.
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Stendhalâs hero, Julien Sorel, is such a young man. A seminary student, he is nevertheless an admirer of Napoleon, and dreams of military glory. When he is hired to tutor the mayorâs children, he quickly seduces the mayorâs wife, then moves on to Paris where he conquers a noblemanâs daughter. Sorel comes to believe that the secret of success is to outperform the hypocrites and vicious opportunists who surround himÂand heâs right. But when the rich and powerful he so admires align against him, his downfall becomes unavoidable.
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A master of characterization, Stendhal paints a fascinating, multi-layered portrait of Julien Sorel, who endures as one of literatureâs most complex and surprisingly sympatheticÂa would-be manipulator out of his depth in a sea of sharks.
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Bruce Robbins is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of Feeling Global: Internationalism in Distress, The Servantâs Hand: English Fiction from Below, and Secular Vocations: Intellectuals, Professionalism, Culture.
About: Julien Sorel is willing to become an accomplished hypocrite if it will help him achieve fame and fortune
About: During the Bourbon Restoration, Julien Sorel disregards all moral codes as he attempts to accumulate power.
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About: During the Bourbon Restoration, Julien Sorel disregards all moral codes as he attempts to accumulate power
About: During the Bourbon Restoration, Julien Sorel disregards all moral codes as he attempts to accumulate power
About: Young Julien Sorel, the son of a country timber merchant, carries a portrait of his hero Napoleon Bonaparte and dreams of military glory.
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