
Red and Black (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)
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"The Red and the Black" is a monument of French and even European literature in the nineteenth century. The confrontation between the individual and society is the central theme of The Red and the Black. Julien, a carpenter's son from a humble background, likes reading and does not like doing hard work. In his social class, he is an outlier. He is ambitious and high-spirited. He regards Napoleon as his idol in life and hopes to join the upper class one day. Faced with the shackles of reality, he chose to enter the church and pursue his ambitions by clinging to wealthy women, which he once despised. He worked hard, will the outcome be what he wants? The confrontation between red ideals and black reality, extreme inferiority and self-esteem, integrity and hypocrisy, how to choose, how to persist, torture every "Julian" in the world.
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