The red and the black / Stendhal ; translated by Charles Tergie ; with the illustrations of Jean Paul Quint
1981, Limited Edition. Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library. Finely bound in sumptous full red leather. Gilt-blocking to spine, with raised bands, and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Decorative gilt tooling to front and rear panels. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. A classic Franklin Library design. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 496 pages; Description: xi, 496p. illus.; 23cm. Genre: French fiction -- French literature -- 19th century -- Historical fiction. Translation of Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, first published in French in 1830. The novel, set in France during the Second Restoration (1815-30), is a powerful character study of Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man who uses seduction as a tool for advancement. The Red and the Black is generally considered the author’s major work and one of the greatest 19th-century novels. Item #220645
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