Stendhal

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Scarlet And Black

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Marie-Henri Beyle, known by the pen- name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. He is the author of two classics of French literarure, the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839).

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  • Scarlet And Black

    Cover artwork for 'Scarlet And Black' by Stendhal

    Scarlet And Black

    Published in 1830, Scarlet and Black (Le Rouge et Le Noir) tells the story of a provincial young man’s attempts to socially rise beyond his modest upbringing with a combination of talent and hard work, deception and hypocrisy — yet who ultimately allows his passions to betray him.

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