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The red and the black - a chronicle of the 19th century

Stendhal Stendhal

Publisher: Ale.Mar.

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Stendhal’s masterpiece chronicles the struggles of a young man with the duality of his nature. Julien Sorel, a young dreamer of the province whose imagination is on fire with the ideals of Napoleon, began to make his fortune in the Paris-based Restoration France. His encounters and experiences along the path constantly incite internal conflict, pulling back and forth between sincerity and hypocrisy, idealism and cynicism, humility and pride, love and ambizionen.
Available since: 04/20/2020.

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