Marie-Henri Bayle, known throughout the world under the pseudonym Stendhal, is one of the most famous French writers and the founder of the psychological novel. This edition includes two main works by Stendhal, which ensured him an honorable place in the pantheon of classics of European literature.
The novel “Red and Black” tells the story of an ambitious and talented young man who came from the bottom. Among the many assumptions about the meaning of the name, there is a version according to which Stendhal disguised in it two feelings raging in the soul of the main character, Julien Sorel. On the one hand, there is a spiritual impulse and an unconscious attraction to love, on the other, ambition coupled with a thirst for fame. The interpenetration and struggle of these feelings constitute the internal intrigue of Stendhal's most popular work.
The action of the novel “The Parma Monastery” takes place in Italy, a country of strong passions and great culture. An intense plot, deep psychological experiences of the heroes, who for the sake of love go to betrayal and sacrifice the most precious, as well as an impressive depiction of historical events of that era, turn the novel into an undoubted masterpiece of world literature.
Author: Stendhal
Translation: Natalia Nemchinova, Sergey Bobrov, Maria Bogoslovskaya
Pages: 960 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 218x155x50 mm
Series: Foreign literature. Big books
