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THE RED AND THE BLACK
The Red and the Black
A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century
CONTENTS
The Red and the Black
BOOK ONE
BOOK TWO
INTRODUCTION
NOTE ON THE TEXT
FURTHER READING
A CHRONOLOGY OF STENDHAL (MARIE-HENRI BEYLE)
THE RED AND THE BLACK
A Chronicle of 1830
PUBLISHER'S NOTE *
BOOK ONE
CHAPTER 1 A small town
CHAPTER 2 A mayor
CHAPTER 3 Care of the poor
CHAPTER 4 Father and son
CHAPTER 5 Striking a bargain
CHAPTER 6 Boredom
CHAPTER 7 Elective affinities *
CHAPTER 8 Minor events
CHAPTER 9 An evening in the country
CHAPTER 10 A generous heart and a meagre fortune
CHAPTER 11 In the evening
CHAPTER 12 A journey
CHAPTER 13 Openwork stockings
CHAPTER 14 A pair of English scissors
CHAPTER 15 The crowing of the cock
CHAPTER 16 The day after
CHAPTER 17 First deputy
CHAPTER 18 A king in Verrières
CHAPTER 19 Thinking brings suffering
CHAPTER 20 Anonymous letters
ANONYMOUS LETTER
CHAPTER 21 Dialogue with a master
CHAPTER 22 Modes of behaviour in 1830
CHAPTER 23 The woes of a civil servant *
CHAPTER 24 A capital city
CHAPTER 25 The seminary
CHAPTER 26 The world or what the rich man lacks
CHAPTER 27 First experience of life
CHAPTER 28 A procession
CHAPTER 29 First promotion
CHAPTER 30 A man of ambition
BOOK TWO
CHAPTER 1 Pleasures of the countryside
CHAPTER 2 Entry into society
CHAPTER 3 The first steps
CHAPTER 4 The Hôtel de la Mole
CHAPTER 5 Sensitivity and a great lady's piety
CHAPTER 6 A matter of accent
CHAPTER 7 An attack of gout
CHAPTER 8 What decoration distinguishes a man?
CHAPTER 9 The ball
CHAPTER 10 Queen Marguerite
CHAPTER II The power of a young lady
CHAPTER 12 Might he be a Danton?
CHAPTER 13 A plot
CHAPTER 14 A young lady's thoughts
CHAPTER 15 Is it a plot?
CHAPTER 16 One o'clock in the morning
CHAPTER 17 An old sword
CHAPTER 18 Cruel moments
CHAPTER 19 The Opera Bouffe *
CHAPTER 20 The Japanese vase
CHAPTER 21 The secret memorandum *
CHAPTER 22 The discussion
CHAPTER 23 The clergy, forests and freedom
CHAPTER 24 Strasburg
CHAPTER 25 The Ministry of Virtue
CHAPTER 26 Propriety in love
CHAPTER 27 The best positions in the Church
CHAPTER 28 Manon Lescaut
CHAPTER 29 Boredom
CHAPTER 30 A box at the Opera Bouffe
CHAPTER 31 Frightening her
CHAPTER 32 The tiger
CHAPTER 33 The infernal torment of weakness
CHAPTER 34 A man of intelligence
CHAPTER 35 A storm
LETTER
CHAPTER 36 Sorry details
CHAPTER 37 A keep The tomb of a friend STERNE *
CHAPTER 38 A powerful man
CHAPTER 39 Politicking
CHAPTER 40 Tranquility
CHAPTER 41 The trial
CHAPTER 42 *
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
EXPLANATORY NOTES
CURRENCY
DISTANCES
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