
The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830
by Stendhal
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Chapters (153)
- THE RED AND THE BLACK
- A Chronicle of 1830
- STENDHAL
- TRANSLATED BY HORACE B. SAMUEL, M.A., Late Scholar Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- INTRODUCTION
- THE RED AND THE BLACK
- CHAPTER I
- A SMALL TOWN
- CHAPTER II
- A MAYOR
- CHAPTER III
- THE POOR FUND
- CHAPTER IV
- A FATHER AND A SON
- CHAPTER V
- A NEGOTIATION
- CHAPTER VI
- ENNUI
- CHAPTER VII
- THE ELECTIVE AFFINITIES
- CHAPTER VIII
- LITTLE EPISODES
- CHAPTER IX
- AN EVENING IN THE COUNTRY
- CHAPTER X
- A GREAT HEART AND A SMALL FORTUNE
- CHAPTER XI
- AN EVENING
- CHAPTER XII
- A JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE OPEN WORK STOCKINGS
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE ENGLISH SCISSORS
- CHAPTER XV
- THE COCK’S SONG
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE DAY AFTER
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE FIRST DEPUTY
- CHAPTER XVIII
- A KING AT VERRIÈRES
- CHAPTER XIX
- THINKING PRODUCES SUFFERING
- CHAPTER XX
- ANONYMOUS LETTERS
- CHAPTER XXI
- DIALOGUE WITH A MASTER
- CHAPTER XXII
- MANNERS OF PROCEDURE IN 1830
- CHAPTER XXIII
- SORROWS OF AN OFFICIAL
- CHAPTER XXIV
- A CAPITAL
- CHAPTER XXV
- THE SEMINARY
- CHAPTER XXVI
- THE WORLD, OR WHAT THE RICH LACK
- CHAPTER XXVII
- FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LIFE
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- A PROCESSION
- CHAPTER XXIX
- THE FIRST PROMOTION
- CHAPTER XXX
- AN AMBITIOUS MAN
- CHAPTER XXXI
- THE PLEASURES OF THE COUNTRY
- CHAPTER XXXII
- ENTRY INTO SOCIETY
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- THE FIRST STEPS
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- THE HÔTEL DE LA MOLE
- CHAPTER XXXV
- SENSIBILITY AND A GREAT PIOUS LADY
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- PRONUNCIATION
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- AN ATTACK OF GOUT
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- WHAT IS THE DECORATION WHICH CONFERS DISTINCTION?
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- THE BALL
- CHAPTER XL
- QUEEN MARGUERITE
- CHAPTER XLI
- A YOUNG GIRL’S DOMINION
- CHAPTER XLII
- IS HE A DANTON?
- CHAPTER XLIII
- A PLOT
- CHAPTER XLIV
- A YOUNG GIRL’S THOUGHTS
- CHAPTER XLV
- IS IT A PLOT?
- CHAPTER XLVI
- ONE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
- CHAPTER XLVII
- AN OLD SWORD
- CHAPTER XLVIII
- CRUEL MOMENTS
- CHAPTER XLIX
- THE OPERA BOUFFE
- CHAPTER L
- THE JAPANESE VASE
- CHAPTER LI
- THE SECRET NOTE
- CHAPTER LII
- THE DISCUSSION
- CHAPTER LIII
- THE CLERGY, THE FORESTS, LIBERTY
- CHAPTER LIV
- STRASBOURG
- CHAPTER LV
- THE MINISTRY OF VIRTUE
- CHAPTER LVI
- MORAL LOVE
- CHAPTER LVII
- THE FINEST PLACES IN THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER LVIII
- MANON LESCAUT
- CHAPTER LIX
- ENNUI
- CHAPTER LX
- A BOX AT THE BOUFFES
- CHAPTER LXI
- FRIGHTEN HER
- CHAPTER LXII
- THE TIGER
- CHAPTER LXIII
- THE HELL OF WEAKNESS
- CHAPTER LXIV
- A MAN OF INTELLECT
- CHAPTER LXV
- A STORM
- CHAPTER LXVI
- SAD DETAILS
- CHAPTER LXVII
- A TURRET
- CHAPTER LXVIII
- A POWERFUL MAN
- CHAPTER LXIX
- THE INTRIGUE
- CHAPTER LXX
- TRANQUILITY
- CHAPTER LXXI
- THE TRIAL
- CHAPTER LXXII [1]
- CHAPTER LXXIII
- CHAPTER LXXIV
- CHAPTER LXXV
- THE END.
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