The Red and the Black


Read by Peter Dann

(4.7 stars; 9 reviews)

It is a brave author indeed who gives his hero as many flaws as Stendhal bestows upon young Julien Sorel, an ambitious young carpenter's son turned priest who secretly models his behaviour after the heroics of Napoleon, in an era when the great man had only recently died at St Helena, and French society has grown stultified (for all its still vivid memories of the Jacobins' excesses and fear these may be revived). With remarkable skill, Stendhal manages as once to hold Julian's character up to excoriating examination while leaving us with some measure of sympathy for his young hero as he romantically pursues, first, the wife of his local mayor, then the haughty young daughter of a nobleman who has employed him as a personal secretary. Combining penetrating psychological insights with scathing social satire, The Red and the Black is rightly regarded as one of the great classics of French literature. (Summary by Peter Dann) (18 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Introduction 21:38 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 1: A Small Town 8:25 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 2: A Mayor 7:13 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 3: The Poor Fund 12:22 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 4: A Father and Son 9:13 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 5: A Negotiation 17:05 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 6: Ennui 17:22 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 7: The Elective Affinities 24:27 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 8: The Little Episodes 18:02 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 9: An Evening in the Country 18:03 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 10: A Great Heart and a Small Fortune 7:02 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 11: An Evening 11:01 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 12: A Journey 14:29 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 13: The Open-work Stockings 11:14 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 14: The English Scissors 7:00 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 15: The Cock's Song 8:01 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 16: The Day After 10:12 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 17: The First Deputy 10:32 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 18: A King at Verrières 29:16 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 19: Thinking Produces Suffering 18:36 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 20: Anonymous Letters 8:37 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 21: Dialogue with a Master 29:15 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 22: Manners of Procedure in 1830 27:28 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 23: Sorrows of an Official 27:49 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 24: A Capital 14:23 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 25: The Seminary 15:58 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 26: The World, or What the Rich Lack 22:01 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 27: First Experience of Life 8:19 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 28: A Procession 15:10 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 29: The First Promotion 33:47 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 30: An Ambitious Man 35:23 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 31: The Pleasures of the Country 22:41 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 32: Entry Into Society 17:14 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 33: The First Steps 7:17 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 34: The Hôtel de la Mole 26:31 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 35: Sensibility and a Great Pious Lady 6:40 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 36: Pronunciation 14:31 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 37: An Attack of Gout 17:23 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 38: What is the Decoration Which Confers Distinction? 21:30 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 39: The Ball 19:58 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 40: Queen Marguerite 17:30 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 41: A Young Girl's Dominion 9:16 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 42: Is He a Danton? 12:58 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 43: A Plot 19:54 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 44: A Young Girl's Thoughts 12:41 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 45: Is it a Plot? 10:57 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 46: One O'Clock in the Morning 13:47 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 47: An Old Sword 9:46 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 48: Cruel Moments 11:29 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 49: The Opera Bouffe 19:49 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 50: The Japanese Vase 13:05 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 51: The Secret Note 10:42 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 52: The Discussion 17:17 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 53: The Clergy, The Forests, Liberty 17:37 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 54: Strasbourg 13:51 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 55: The Ministry of Virtue 15:01 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 56: Moral Love 8:05 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 57: The Finest Places in the Church 7:28 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 58: Manon Lescaut 9:20 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 59: Ennui 7:56 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 60: A Box at the Bouffes 10:00 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 61: Frighten Her 10:45 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 62: The Tiger 11:07 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 63: The Hell of Weakness 11:06 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 64: A Man of Intellect 14:00 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 65: A Storm 11:51 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 66: Sad Details 15:12 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 67: A Turret 9:58 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 68: A Powerful Man 13:22 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 69: The Intrigue 10:06 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 70: Tranquility 8:54 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 71: The Trial 15:16 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 72 12:05 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 73 10:35 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 74 16:42 Read by Peter Dann
Chapter 75 14:56 Read by Peter Dann