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Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black), Stendhal’s masterpiece about French society during the end days of the Restoration. His protagonist is Julien Sorel, an ambitious carpenter’s son who idolizes Napoleon, but who realizes that the path to power is no longer through the army (as during Napoleon’s time), but through the Church. He’s good at acting the part of a young priest in training (he even memorizes the gospels in Latin) but he has no innate sense of devotion or traditional moral compass. [read on]Among the issues Lapidos has cleared up for Slate readers: Does
Hitchcock get too much credit?, Can a Man Become a Magnet?, How they count tigers in the wild, and Why Is Florida God's Waiting Room?.Read more Slate articles by Juliet Lapidos.
Writers Read: Juliet Lapidos.
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