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The Red and the Black (Modern Library 157.1)
by STENDHAL (pseudonym of Marie-Henri BEYLE)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1953]. Hardcover. Stendhal's magnum opus is centered around a young man of simple means who attempts to rise in elite society. This unabridged English-language Modern Library reprint edition features C. K. Scott Moncrieff's translation from the French. Two-volumes-in-one. Volume wrapped in maroon and black jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 365 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1953 (though 1926 date appears in book). ML #157.1. --- With previous owner's inked info. to front endpapers, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound and unmarked copy. Fair-only price-clipped dust jacket with large open tear to spine, other chips and tears, but remains mostly intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; (8), 9-288, vi, 9-350, (2), (6, ads) pages .
Synopsis
Handsome and ambitious, Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins and make something of his life-by adopting the code of hypocrisy by which his society operates. Julien ultimately commits a crime-out of passion, principle, or insanity-that will bring about his downfall. The Red and the Black is a lively, satirical picture of French Restoration society after Waterloo, riddled with corruption, greed, and ennui. The complex, sympathetic portrayal of Julien, the cold exploiter whose Machiavellian campaign is undercut by his own emotions, makes him Stendhal 's most brilliant and human creation-and one of the greatest characters in European literature. Translated with an introduction by Roger Gard.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87210
- Title
- The Red and the Black (Modern Library 157.1)
- Author
- STENDHAL (pseudonym of Marie-Henri BEYLE)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1953]
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- Gilt
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- Verso
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