The Red and the Black
French novel by Stendhal (1830)
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Summary
The Red and the Black is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,363 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Stendhal[3]
- Movement: Romanticism[4], literary realism[5]
- Genre: bildungsroman[6], historical fiction[7], psychological fiction[8]
- Commons category: The Red and the Black[9]
- Language of work or name: French[10]
- Country of origin: France[11]
- Publication date: November 1830[12]
- Characters: Julien Sorel[13]
- Has edition or translation: Il rosso e il nero[14], Czerwone i czarne[15], Le Rouge et le Noir[16], The Red and the Black[17], Q122615998[18]
- Narrative location: Paris[19], Franche-Comté[20], Besançon[21], Verrières[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:The Red and the Black[23]
- Main subject: careerism[24], Bourbon Restoration in France[25], hypocrisy[26], love[27]
- Work available at URL: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/stendhal/rotschwa/rotschwa.html[28]
- Title: Le Rouge et le Noir[29]
- Subtitle: Chronique de 1830[30], Chronique du XIXe siècle[31]
- Set in period: 1820s[32]
- Derivative work: Le Rouge et le Noir[33], The Red and the Black[34], Rouge et noir[35], The Courier of the King[36], Red and Black (1976 film)[37], Scarlet and Black[38]
- Copyright status: public domain[39]
- Epigraph: La vérité, l'âpre vérité.[40]
- Form of creative work: novel[41]
- P14541: 2yc0ek[42]
Why It Matters
The Red and the Black has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]