{"product_id":"2026100012091-secondhand-the-red-and-the-black","title":"The Red And The Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent aftermath of the Napoleonic era, an ambitious young man named Julien Sorel navigates the treacherous social hierarchies of provincial France, armed with nothing but his razor-sharp intellect, striking good looks, and a burning desire to rise above his humble origins. Stendhal's The Red and the Black — originally published in 1830 as Le Rouge et le Noir — chronicles Julien's calculated seduction of two very different women as he schemes his way from a carpenter's son to the salons of Paris, all while wrestling with his own contradictions of idealism and hypocrisy in a society defined by class, religion, and political intrigue.\n\nWidely regarded as one of the foundational masterpieces of psychological realism, this novel presents a searing portrait of post-revolutionary France through the prism of one man's tragic ambition, anticipating the works of Balzac, Flaubert, and Tolstoy in its unflinching dissection of human desire and social conformity. Stendhal's prose is at once ironic and deeply empathetic, holding a mirror up to the corrupting influence of power and the impossibility of authentic selfhood within a stratified society. Translated by Charles Tergie and illustrated by Jean Paul Quint for the prestigious Oxford Library of the World's Great Books series, this edition offers readers a beautifully rendered encounter with a novel that remains as provocative and psychologically penetrating today as it was nearly two centuries ago — leaving one to wonder whether Julien Sorel's fate was sealed by society, or by himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51070625251547,"sku":"2026100012091-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cdf1b03f-0787-4fc6-b1d6-3be91c705159.png?v=1794188241","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012091-secondhand-the-red-and-the-black","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}