Scarlet and Black
- 89 pages
- 4 hours of reading
The classic, elegant translation of Stendhal's masterful novel of ambition, desire, and politics in post-Napoleonic France.



The classic, elegant translation of Stendhal's masterful novel of ambition, desire, and politics in post-Napoleonic France.
Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.
Daisy Miller, a naive young American woman traveling in Europe with her family, finds it difficult to understand Europen society