The Red and the Black

E695277
novel

The Red and the Black is a classic 1830 novel by Stendhal that follows the ambitious Julien Sorel as he navigates post-Napoleonic French society, exploring themes of class, hypocrisy, and individual desire.

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Label Occurrences
The Red and the Black canonical 2
Le Rouge et le Noir 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Stendhal NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConflict individual ambition versus social constraints ⓘ
sincerity versus hypocrisy ⓘ
character Julien Sorel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madame de Rênal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marquis de la Mole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mathilde de la Mole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monsieur de Rênal NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat book ⓘ
genre historical novel ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasLoveAffair Julien Sorel and Madame de Rênal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julien Sorel and Mathilde de la Mole NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced psychological fiction ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Julien Sorel NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor early example of psychological analysis in the novel ⓘ
portrayal of post-Napoleonic French society ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Le Rouge et le Noir NERFINISHED ⓘ
part Book I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1830 ⓘ
settingLocation Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Verrières NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod post-Napoleonic France ⓘ
structure two-part novel ⓘ
subtitle Chronique du XIXe siècle NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme ambition ⓘ
class ⓘ
individual desire ⓘ
religion and politics ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
timeOfAction 1820s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French literature → hasNotableWork → The Red and the Black ⓘ
Stendhal → notableWork → The Red and the Black ⓘ
Stendhal → notableWork → The Red and the Black ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Rouge et le Noir