Horace Barnett Samuel

The Red and the Black, Volume I by Stendhal.

Translated by Horace B. Samuel.

Introduction.

Some slight sketch of the life and character of Stendhal is particularly necessary to an understanding of Le Rouge et le Noir, The Red and the Black, not so much as being the formal stuffing of which introductions are made, but because the book, as a book, stands in the most intimate relation to the author's life and character.

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The Red and the Black, Volume 1 by Stendhal.

Translated by Horace B. Samuel.

Chapter 3.