Red and Black

The author Stendhal is loved by readers for his profound analysis of the psychology of characters in novels, and is considered an early practitioner of literary realism. The novel records that a young man from another province not only used his own talents and hard work, but also used some deceptive methods and double-dealing in life, to complete the climb up the social ladder and become a so-called upper-class person. But in the end, his true inner feelings betrayed him. The so-called "red" and "black" refer to religion (black) and secular (red). This was also the focus of society at that time and caused fierce controversy.