Stendhal
The nineteenth century was a time of turmoil and social change, during which the immutable caste system that had defined European society for thousands of years finally began to shift. This transitional period is brought to life in the exhilaratingly ambitious historical novel, The Red and the Black, which follows the life of Julien Sorel, born of a working-class family, who attempts to improve his station in life. Can Sorel overcome the
...La vérité, lâpre vérité.
DANTON.
Chapitre premier. Une petite ville
Put thousands together Less bad, But the cage less gay.
HOBBES.
La petite ville de Verrières peut passer pour lune des plus jolies de la Franche-Comté. Ses maisons blanches avec leurs toits pointus de tuiles rouges sétendent sur la pente dune colline, dont des touffes de vigoureux châtaigniers marquent les moindres sinuosités. Le Doubs