Stendhal

Presents a contemporary colloquial English translation of the nineteenth-century novel based on the 1827 trial of Antoine Berthet, a young man whose dismay over being denied entry into the seminary led him to murder; and includes background and sources, and a sampling of critical commentaries.

Translation of: Le rouge et le noir. Revised and updated bibliography. A cold, uncompromising tutor seeks to fulfill his lust for power and wealth in France after the Revolution.

Follows the adventures of young Fabrizio del Dongo as he joins Napoleon's army just before Waterloo and stuggles to keep hidden his love for Clelia amid the intrigues and secrets of the small court of Parma.