Stendhal - The Red and the Black

Stendhal - The Red and the Black

Unabridged AudioBook + PDF eBook

Literary Classics

Narrator: Davina Porter

Translator: C. K. Scott Moncrieff

Publisher: Recorded Books

Total Duration: 19 hours 55 mins
Audio: 96kbps / 44 kHz / 1(mono)

Madame de Renal, a wealthy heiress who married the mayor of Verrieres, suddenly finds herself in love with handsome young Julien Sorel (the novel's central character). Julien leaves his provincial home to become a tutor, strives to raise himself professionally and socially, becomes embroiled in a series of romantic escapades, and finally faces a capital trial.  After a lifetime of complying with all the social rules of French high society, the unassuming Madame de Renal has always regarded true love as the height of immorality, or the subject of fanciful novels. But after meeting the mysteriously charming Julien, both of their lives are transformed in unimaginable ways. Beyond the figure of Julien himself, Stendhal's presentation of a social world frequently dominated by lying, cheating, and stealing offers a hint of the author's possible intentions.