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On the occasion of Mr. Xu Yuanchong's 100th birthday, a new commemorative collector's edition of "Three French Literary Classics" is launched. Among them, "Red and Black" is the masterpiece of French realist writer and "father of modern novels" Stendhal. It is also the foundation work of French critical realist literature. The protagonist Julien can be called the "ancestor" of a series of heroic figures who rebelled against capitalist society in 19th-century European literature. The protagonist Julien was born in a family of small proprietors. He was obsessed with Napoleon's great achievements. He wanted to get ahead, but he had no choice but to join the army and finally chose the path of the church. Julien was favored by the local mayor and became a tutor. Later, he was recommended by the church and served as the personal secretary for the Marquis de Larmore, a backbone of the royalist party. But a whistleblower letter ruined his career...
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