lot of church. The subtitle, A Chronicle of the 19th Century, definitely states the time background. Thus it can be seen, Stendhal consciously wrote this political tint novel about society of Bourbon Restoration. The Red and The Black is the first critical realism novel in Europe.
　　
　　The Red and the Black includes two volumes. It mainly tells the story of Julien Sorel’s life in a monarchic society of fixed social class.The clue of this book is about Julien Sorel’s life experience. From the venal town to the capital Paris, the ghastly seminary to the royalist, love and religious activities to the secret political conferences, The Red and the Black describes a picture of the society under control of Charles X of France.
　　
　　Book I Julien Sorel is an ambitious son of a carpenter in the Verrières village, in Franche-Comté， France, who would rather read and daydream about the glory days of Napoleon's long-disbanded army. In the event, Julien Sorel becomes an acolyte. Later, t