Red and black. Stendhal

An ordinary case from the criminal chronicle, which is the basis of the novel, became at hand of a subtle psychologist and a brilliant stylist of human nature by the drama of the highest glow and at the same time a social study of society. Julien Sorel - an ambitious and capable young man - survived both a romantic love and a violent passion that he could not resist and for which he paid for his life.

the peak of the writer's work. The great novel of Stendhal is primarily a monument to female love. “Red” is love, “black” is death. They never mix, but for some reason are always adjacent. Truth that Stendhal confirmed once again.