Red and Black tells the story of the hero Julian, the son of an ordinary working-class carpenter. Because of his enterprising spirit and understanding of Latin, he was favored by Mayor treanor, and he was chosen as a tutor. In the process, he and the mayor's wife fell in love. Finally, at the point where paper can't hold fire, Julien was forced to leave Willier and go to Bezangsong Theological Seminary.

At Bezanzong Theological Seminary, he was taken to Paris and recommended as the secretary of lamoure Palace. Julian was born proud, won the trust of the young lady and fell in love with her. While it was in full swing, Mrs. Trina was forced to write a letter against Lian, which was like a bolt from the blue in Lian's life.

In this case, Julien angrily pointed the gun at Mrs. treanor. Although he didn't die, he was finally put to death because of his provocative remarks to the nobles in court and his previous resentment.

Relationship between characters in Red and Black: The protagonist Julian, the son of a small business owner, hooked up with the mayor's wife and became a traitor. He used to be the private secretary of the Marquis of larmor, an ultra-royalist, and had an affair with the Marquis's daughter.

The original name of the novel was Julien, which was later changed to Red and Black. Among them, "red" refers to the red uniforms of French soldiers, representing the bourgeois revolutionary forces, and "black" refers to the black clothes of monks during the restoration period, representing the feudal church forces. The title itself implies a sharp conflict between the two opposing camps; Stendhal takes "1830 Historical Documentary" as the subtitle of the novel, aiming at highlighting the spirit of the times.

Around Julien's short life, from a small town in other provinces to the capital Paris, from a seminary to a royalist group, from love life to secret political activities, the novel vividly outlines the broad picture of French society in the 1920s-1930s, and profoundly reveals the intricate contradictions among various classes in French society at the end of Bourbon Restoration.

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The story of the novel "Red and Black" is reportedly taken from a death penalty case published in1Court Newspaper on February 29th, 828. In the Napoleonic era, red and black represented "the army" and "the church", which were two channels for the development of ambitious French youth.

After the publication of the novel, there was a proverb that "you can't mix politics without reading red and black", and the book was banned by many countries. The psychological depth of red and black is far beyond the reach of contemporary writers. It created "stream of consciousness novels" and "psychological novels" in later generations.

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