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The Red and the Black, Volume II

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(3,76 Sterne; 25 Bewertungen)

Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Balzac and Flaubert, Stendhal is quite often considered a writer that doesn't seem to fit a defined genre. Some say he's a Romantic, others that he's a Modernist and that Le Rouge et Le Noir is the first modern novel. On one point they are all agreed: the novel is a masterpiece that shows a young theology student - Julien Sorel - intelligent, handsome and who is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins. Stendhal presents the reader with a satirical plot that will involve you in passions, intrigues, last-minute reversals and, mostly, the hypocrisy by which society operates. (Summary by sailormoon) (0 hr 15 min)

Chapters

01 - The Pleasures of the Country

30:21

Read by Malone

02 - Entry into society

20:36

Read by Leni

03 - The First Steps

8:20

Read by Leni

04 - The Hotel De La Mole

37:05

Read by Malone

05 - Sensibility and a Great Pious Lady

8:56

Read by Malone

06 - Pronounciation

19:50

Read by Malone

07 - An Attack of Gout

22:22

Read by Malone

08 - What is the decoration which confers distinction?

30:31

Read by Malone

09 - The Ball

24:59

Read by Malone

10 - Queen Marguerite

20:24

Read by Lynne T

11 - A Young Girl's Dominion

12:23

Read by Malone

12 - Is he a Danton?

17:38

Read by Malone

13 - A Plot

26:38

Read by Malone

14 - A Young Girl's Thoughts

17:00

Read by Malone

15 - Is it a Plot?

12:38

Read by madcappe

16 - One o'clock in the morning

16:06

Read by madcappe

17 - An old Sword

11:29

Read by madcappe

18 - Cruel Moments

13:54

Read by madcappe

19 - The Opera Bouffe

24:21

Read by madcappe

20 - The Japanese Vase

15:49

Read by madcappe

21 - The Secret Note

12:35

Read by Chiquito Crasto

22 - The Discussion

19:59

Read by Chiquito Crasto

23 - The Clergy, The Forests, Liberty

19:40

Read by Chiquito Crasto

24 - Strasbourg

15:03

Read by Chiquito Crasto

25 - The Ministry of Virtue

15:40

Read by Chiquito Crasto

26 - Moral Love

8:52

Read by Chiquito Crasto

27 - The finest places in the church

8:02

Read by Chiquito Crasto

28 - Manon Lescaut

10:00

Read by Chiquito Crasto

29 - Ennui

8:27

Read by Chiquito Crasto

30 - A Box at the Bouffes

10:43

Read by Chiquito Crasto

31 - Frighten her

11:27

Read by meridiculous

32 - The Tiger

12:25

Read by Lynne T

33 - The Hell of Weakness

11:23

Read by Rapunzelina

34 - A Man of Intellect

13:51

Read by Rapunzelina

35 - A Storm

13:45

Read by rookieblue

36 - Sad Details

17:11

Read by Lynne T

37 - A Turret

10:06

Read by Rapunzelina

38 - A Powerful Man

13:21

Read by Rapunzelina

39 - The Intrigue

10:24

Read by Rapunzelina

40 - Tranquility

9:30

Read by Rapunzelina

41 - The Trial

20:37

Read by Malone

42 - Chapter 72

14:20

Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet

43 - Chapter 73

15:03

Read by Malone

44 - Chapter 74

21:25

Read by Malone

45 - Chapter 75

20:17

Read by Malone

Bewertungen

duncalino

(4 Sterne)

Book gets 5 stars...most of the readers are fabulous but for the end. This is a masterpiece which had me hypnotized throughout volume one and two.....until the final dramatic conclusion when I had to stop listening because of the reader. How can it be that the final conclusion and wrap up of a 2 volume masterpiece is randomly assigned to a reader without regard to the listener experience? I understand and agree that LibriVox should be open to one and all. We are not all meant to readers at the expense of the listeners. Instead of listening I had to get a book and read the end

a worthy satire

(3 Sterne)

For some time the main character kept me intrigued but after about the middle of volume two, I became tired of his inability to maintain a settled state of his emotions for more than a few hours. There were periods of time where his prospects changed so rapidly that he alternated between murderous hate and romantic passion and between ecstatic triumph one minute to serious thoughts of suicide the next. As the novel progressed past the middle of the second volume, I found myself becoming less sympathetic and more annoyed with character. What did continue to be amusing were his romantic relationships, so that they became more satirical. For me the most admirable value of the novel was that of an excellent satire of the social culture and morals of the period. The plot itself was too drawn out and repetitive in a way that seemed to detract from what I was expecting to be a great artistic undertaking. Since I liked reading Trollope and Wilkie Collins very much, I cannot be prejudiced toward lengthiness. However I would have given this a higher rating, if it had been shortened by 25 per cent or more.

one of the best books of all time

(5 Sterne)

This is a great book. I loved it, will read it again probably and think Stendhal was a genius. Heck, even the great Nietzsche thought very highly of him. Amazing detail, a picture of a book. Worth every minute.

I don’t know what to say . . .

(3,5 Sterne)

To speak much about the story might be a spoiler. Mostly well read, especially by Malone.

(4 Sterne)

the novel is outstanding but please use narrators that can pronounce,French proper names