Red and black. Parm abode. Stendhal

Marie-Henri Beil, known to the whole world under the pseudonym Stendhal, is one of the most famous French writers and the founder of the psychological novel. The real edition included two main works of Stendhal, which provided him with an honorable place in the pantheon of the classics of European literature.

The novel “Red and Black” tells of the ambitious and talented young man, a native of the lower classes. Among the many assumptions about the meaning of the name there is a version according to which Stendhal disguised in him two feelings raging in the soul of the protagonist, Julien Sorel. On the one hand, a sincere impulse and an unaccountable attraction to love, on the other, ambition, associated with a thirst for glory. The interpenetration and struggle of these feelings constitute the internal intrigue of the most popular work of Stendhal.

the action of the novel "Parm abode" takes place in Italy, a country of strong passions and a great culture. The tense plot, the deep psychological experiences of the heroes, for the sake of love for betrayal and sacrifice the most expensive, as well as an impressive image of the historical events of that era, turn the novel into an undoubted masterpiece of world literature.