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The Red and the Black Author: [France] Stendhal Publisher: China Friendship Publishing Company
The Red and the Black Author: [France] Stendhal Publisher: China Friendship Publishing Company
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Introduction · · · · · ·
† The masterpiece of Stendhal, the "Father of Modern Novels", the founding work of European critical realism literature in the 19th century, the pioneer of "psychological novels", a dazzling and exquisite artistic jewel in the crown of European literature, and one of the classic works in literary history that describes political darkness.
† Jointly selected as one of the "Top Ten Greatest Novels in the World" by The New York Times and Reader's Digest; recommended reading by Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the University of Hong Kong; beloved by literary masters such as Tolstoy, Gorky, Gide, Maugham, and Hemingway; a classic masterpiece recommended many times by Yu Hua, and adapted into dramas, movies, etc.
† Newly revised version, collected by the National Library of France, translated unabridged from the French by Luo Xinzhang, editor and translator of the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
† "By 1880 I will be read; by 1935 I will be understood."
† "The Red and the Black" is a novel full of romanticism.
——Zhu Guangqian
† I repeat, of all that I know of war, my first master was Stendar.
— Leo Tolstoy
† Stendhal can be called the founder of psychological novels. The Red and the Black is a book that has benefited me the most in my life.
——Gide
† The Red and the Black is Stendhal's best work.
——Goethe
† Julien is the "ancestor" of a series of heroic characters who rebelled against capitalist society in 19th century European literature.
—— Maxim Gorky
† The protagonist in Stendhal's novels is often himself. He applies his own personality to the protagonist and also gives the protagonist his ideal self. Therefore, Julien is very vivid in Stendhal's writing and is a typical character in every era. You may wish to read it, I believe it will definitely give you a unique enjoyment.
--Maugham
† Stendhal remained in the philosopher's study, studying the mechanical structure of the mind, taking man out of nature and setting him aside, and simply observing his emotional side.
——Emile Zola
† This is an outstanding work, and its achievement will be brilliant and enduring.
——Famous French magazine Encyclopedia Magazine
† Stendhal's concentration on psychological phenomena, ignoring everything else, he is a psychologist, and only a psychologist. Stendhal reveals the silent activities of the characters' minds, expresses their inner thoughts in words, and writes what they want to say.
——Brandt (Danish literary historian and critic)
† Stendhal's "The Red and the Black" has shown the direction of 20th century novels. When we read this book, we will feel the shock that only a first-class psychological novelist can give us, because it brings us a more realistic spiritual connotation.
——Fediman
† Stendhal was an outstanding depictor of the Restoration era between 1815 and 1830. In "The Red and the Black", he reflected that era very profoundly through a typical character who is one of the most famous in world literature. He won with his thorough understanding of real politics and his typical description of the tragic fate of petty-bourgeois youth, thus putting him in a position comparable to Balzac in the field of expressing political class relations during the Restoration period.
——Liu Mingjiu (President of the Chinese Society for the Study of French Literature, Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
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【Content Introduction】
The Red and the Black is Stendhal's long masterpiece. The protagonist Julien was born in a small property owner's family. He loves reading and dislikes doing hard work. He is fascinated by Napoleon's great achievements and hopes to enter the upper class society. However, he has no way to join the army and finally chooses the church. Julien was favored by the local mayor and became a tutor. Later, he was recommended by the church to serve as a private secretary for the Marquis de La Mole, a backbone figure of the royalist party. But a letter of denunciation ruined his meteoric rise...
About the Author · · · · · ·
Stendhal (1783-1842), originally named Marie-Henri Beyle, was a 19th-century French critical realist writer.
He had a turbulent life, experienced the French Revolution, the July Revolution, etc. He worshipped Napoleon and pursued freedom and democracy. He worked as an army officer, clerk, store clerk, diplomatic ambassador, etc., and later became a writer. He wandered in France, Italy, Russia and other places, especially favoring Milan. He remained unmarried throughout his life, but never stopped yearning for love.
When he was alive, he wandered on the edge of the literary world and once set the worst sales record. Later, he became famous for his accurate psychological analysis of characters and concise writing style. His representative works include "The Red and the Black", "Armance", "Traveler's Notes", "The Charterhouse of Parma", etc.
He was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris on March 24, 1842. The tombstone reads: Here lies Arrigo Beyle, a Milanese, who lived, loved and wrote.
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