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The Red and the Black
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1830
- Originally in
- Originally in French
- Pages
- Pages 570
A poor, ambitious tutor seduces his way into Parisian high society, until a jilted lover's letter wrecks his engagement to nobility. He shoots her in a church and goes to the guillotine, forgiven by the very woman he shot.
A novel: a mirror which one takes out on one's walk along the high road.
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