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Length20h 50m
About this audiobook
The Red and the Black is a psychological historical novel that accounts for the attempts of a regional young man to grow socially beyond his humble upbringing with a blend of skill, hard work, deception, and hypocrisy. He ultimately allows his passions to betray him. The novel has a two-fold literary purpose, being both a psychological portrait of the romantic protagonist, Julien Sorel, and an analytic, sociological satire of the French social order under the Bourbon Restoration.
The story is set in the later years of the Bourbon Restoration and the 1830 July Revolution that launched the Kingdom of the French. Sorel is a sensitive and wise young man who, after seeing no way to progress in the military following Napoleon's fall, attempts to make his place in the church.
This novel is a lot more than a coming of age story. It is remarkably accurate in psychological factors and a valuable record of the history and politics of post-Revolution France. The title refers to both the uncertainties in Sorel's character and the clashing choice he is faced with in his pursuit for success: the army denoted by red or the church by black.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length20 hrs 50 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I A SMALL TOWN
39CHAPTER XXXIX THE BALL
2CHAPTER II A MAYOR
40CHAPTER XL QUEEN MARGUERITE
3CHAPTER III THE POOR FUND
41CHAPTER XLI A YOUNG GIRL'S DOMINION
4CHAPTER IV A FATHER AND A SON
42CHAPTER XLII IS HE A DANTON?
5CHAPTER V A NEGOTIATION
43CHAPTER XLIII A PLOT
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6CHAPTER VI ENNUI
44CHAPTER XLIV A YOUNG GIRL'S THOUGHTS
7CHAPTER VII THE ELECTIVE AFFINITIES
45CHAPTER XLV IS IT A PLOT?
8CHAPTER VIII LITTLE EPISODES
46CHAPTER XLVI ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
9CHAPTER IX AN EVENING IN THE COUNTRY
47CHAPTER XLVII AN OLD SWORD
10CHAPTER X A GREAT HEART AND A SMALL FORTUNE
48CHAPTER XLVIII CRUEL MOMENTS
11CHAPTER XI AN EVENING
49CHAPTER XLIX THE OPERA BOUFFE
12CHAPTER XII A JOURNEY
50CHAPTER L THE JAPANESE VASE
13CHAPTER XIII THE OPEN WORK STOCKINGS
51CHAPTER LI THE SECRET NOTE
14CHAPTER XIV THE ENGLISH SCISSORS
52CHAPTER LII THE DISCUSSION
15CHAPTER XV THE COCK'S SONG
53CHAPTER LIII THE CLERGY, THE FORESTS, LIBERTY
16CHAPTER XVI THE DAY AFTER
54CHAPTER LIV STRASBOURG
17CHAPTER XVII THE FIRST DEPUTY
55CHAPTER LV THE MINISTRY OF VIRTUE
18CHAPTER XVIII A KING AT VERRIRES
56CHAPTER LVI MORAL LOVE
19CHAPTER XIX THINKING PRODUCES SUFFERING
57CHAPTER LVII THE FINEST PLACES IN THE CHURCH
20CHAPTER XX ANONYMOUS LETTERS
58CHAPTER LVIII MANON LESCAUT
21CHAPTER XXI DIALOGUE WITH A MASTER
59CHAPTER LIX ENNUI
22CHAPTER XXII MANNERS OF PROCEDURE IN 1830
60CHAPTER LX A BOX AT THE BOUFFES
23CHAPTER XXIII SORROWS OF AN OFFICIAL
61CHAPTER LXI FRIGHTEN HER
24CHAPTER XXIV A CAPITAL
62CHAPTER LXII THE TIGER
25CHAPTER XXV THE SEMINARY
63CHAPTER LXIII THE HELL OF WEAKNESS
26CHAPTER XXVI THE WORLD, OR WHAT THE RICH LACK
64CHAPTER LXIV A MAN OF INTELLECT
27CHAPTER XXVII FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LIFE
65CHAPTER LXV A STORM
28CHAPTER XXVIII A PROCESSION
66CHAPTER LXVI SAD DETAILS
29CHAPTER XXIX THE FIRST PROMOTION
67CHAPTER LXVII A TURRET
30CHAPTER XXX AN AMBITIOUS MAN
68CHAPTER LXVIII A POWERFUL MAN
31CHAPTER XXXI HE PLEASURES OF THE COUNTRY
69CHAPTER LXIX THE INTRIGUE
32CHAPTER XXXII ENTRY INTO SOCIETY
70CHAPTER LXX TRANQUILITY
33CHAPTER XXXIII THE FIRST STEPS
71CHAPTER LXXI THE TRIAL
34CHAPTER XXXIV THE HOTEL DE LA MOLE
72CHAPTER LXXII 1
35CHAPTER XXXV SENSIBILITY AND A GREAT PIOUS LADY
73CHAPTER LXXIII
36CHAPTER XXXVI PRONUNCIATION
74CHAPTER LXXIV
37CHAPTER XXXVII AN ATTACK OF GOUT
75CHAPTER LXXV
38CHAPTER XXXVIII WHAT IS THE DECORATION WHICH CONFERS DISTINCTION?
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