Fabrizio del Dongo is a young Italian nobleman, raised in comfort in Lombardy. But when Napoleon returns from exile in Elba to try to regain power in Europe, Fabrizio feels compelled to join the army and fight. The naive Fabrizio manages to stumble into the Battle of Waterloo, and thus begin his picaresque adventures as he fights in battles, deals with courtly intrigue, attends a seminary, romances countless women, engages in duels, and endures imprisonment in a fantastical tower.S...

In a world ruled by ambition, even love can become a dangerous political game. Enter the turbulent world of The Charterhouse of Parma, Stendhal's celebrated novel of passion, adventure, war, ambition, and court intrigue. Young Fabrice del Dongo dreams of glory and adventure, but his journey draws him into a complicated world of battlefields, aristocratic society, dangerous politics, imprisonment, and powerful emotions. With sharp psychological insight and memorable characters, Stendhal cre...

He wants to rise above his birth—but ambition always demands a price. Meet Julien Sorel, an intelligent and fiercely ambitious young man determined to escape the limitations of his provincial upbringing. In The Red and the Black, Stendhal follows Julien through a world shaped by social class, politics, religion, desire, and ruthless ambition. As he enters powerful households and complicated relationships, every opportunity brings new temptation—and every success carries its own danger. Ble...

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

Love, ambition, political intrigue, and unexpected adventure shape the turbulent life of a young Italian nobleman. Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma follows Fabrice del Dongo as he navigates political upheaval, romance, ambition, and the complicated world of nineteenth-century Italy. Fabrice's journey brings him into contact with powerful figures, dangerous political circumstances, passionate relationships, and unexpected challenges. Stendhal combines adventure with psychological insigh...

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

The Red and the Black by Stendhal is a carefully prepared Good Old Pages Publishing digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition for anyone exploring Stendhal's writing or building a library of enduring books.

A brilliant young man's ambition collides with love, social expectations, and the rigid hierarchy of nineteenth-century France. Stendhal's The Red and the Black follows Julien Sorel, an ambitious young man determined to rise above his modest circumstances. Intelligent, passionate, and deeply conscious of social status, Julien navigates relationships and institutions while pursuing a place among the powerful. His ambitions bring him into complicated relationships and force him to confront t...

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

The Red and the Black by Stendhal is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition for anyone exploring Stendhal's writing or building a library of enduring books.

A carpenter's son with a good memory and no prospects decides the church is the only ladder left, and climbs it through two households and one scaffold. Stendhal took the plot from a newspaper report of a seminarian who shot his former mistress in church. He predicted he would be read in 1935, and was almost exactly right. Fifty-eight plates of trees, parks and river views by Corot and Hubert Robert carry the novel's green shade and its glimpses of the city, 1780 to 1875.