«The Red and the Black» in French with a Parallel Translation

The Red and the Black is a novel by the French writer Stendhal, published in 1830. The plot is set in the 1820s in France. The book describes the attempts of a young man from a small town to rise higher on the social ladder due to a combination of talent, hard work, deceit, and hypocrisy. By one interpretation, the novel's title refers to the contradictions between the clergy (blacks) and secularists (reds).