The Red and the Black A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century

by Stendhal; Slater, Catherine; Pearson, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780192838711
• ISBN10: 0192838717
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix	(15)
Note on the text	xxiv	(1)
Further reading	xxv	(2)
A chronology of Stendhal	xxvii
The Red and the Black
BOOK ONE	3	(236)
1 A small town	3	(4)
2 A mayor	7	(4)
3 Care of the poor	11	(6)
4 Father and son	17	(4)
5 Striking a bargain	21	(8)
6 Boredom	29	(8)
7 Elective affinities	37	(11)
8 Minor events	48	(8)
9 An evening in the country	56	(8)
10 A generous heart and a meagre fortune	64	(4)
11 In the evening	68	(5)
12 A journey	73	(7)
13 Openwork stockings	80	(5)
14 A pair of English scissors	85	(4)
15 The crowing of the cock	89	(4)
16 The day after	93	(5)
17 First deputy	98	(5)
18 A king in Verriers	103	(13)
19 Thinking brings suffering	116	(9)
20 Anonymous letters	125	(4)
21 Dialogue with a master	129	(14)
22 Modes of behaviour in 1830	143	(13)
23 The woes of high office	156	(14)
24 A capital city	170	(7)
25 The seminary	177	(8)
26 The world	185	(10)
27 First experience of life	195	(4)
28 A procession	199	(7)
29 First promotion	206	(15)
30 A man of ambition	221	(18)
BOOK TWO	239	(291)
1 Pleasures of the countryside	239	(11)
2 Entry into society	250	(8)
3 The first steps	258	(4)
4 The Hotel de la Mole	262	(13)
5 Sensitivity and a great lady's piety	275	(3)
6 A matter of accent	278	(7)
7 An attack of gout	285	(8)
8 What decoration distinguishes a man?	293	(10)
9 The ball	303	(9)
10 Queen Marguerite	312	(8)
11 The power of a young lady	320	(4)
12 Might he be a Danton?	324	(6)
13 A plot	330	(9)
14 A young lady's thoughts	339	(6)
15 Is it a plot?	345	(5)
16 One o'clock in the morning	350	(7)
17 An old sword	357	(5)
18 Cruel moments	362	(6)
19 The Opera Bouffe	368	(9)
20 The Japanese vase	377	(6)
21 The secret memorandum	383	(6)
22 The discussion	389	(8)
23 The clergy, forests and freedom	397	(9)
24 Strasburg	406	(7)
25 The Ministry of Virtue	413	(7)
26 Propriety in love	420	(4)
27 The best positions in the Church	424	(4)
28 Manon Lescaut	428	(4)
29 Boredom	432	(4)
30 A box at the Opera Bouffe	436	(5)
31 Frightening her	441	(5)
32 The tiger	446	(5)
33 The infernal torment of weakness	451	(6)
34 A man of intelligence	457	(7)
35 A storm	464	(5)
36 Sorry details	469	(7)
37 A keep	476	(5)
38 A powerful man	481	(7)
39 Politicking	488	(5)
40 Tranquility	493	(4)
41 The trial	497	(7)
42	504	(6)
43	510	(5)
44	515	(8)
45	523	(7)
Explanatory Notes	530