Since the publication of 1830, Red and Black has won the hearts of young readers from generation to generation all over the world. Julian Sohail, a young careerist portrayed in his works, is a highly typical figure. Like other typical images in the world literature corridor, he has become synonymous with individual careerists. However, Lian is not only a hypocritical profiteer and careerist, but his strong self-esteem and conscious rebellious consciousness make him different from ordinary people at that time and become a representative of petty bourgeoisie youth who is rising but still suffering from backward feudalism. Therefore, the description of Lian's dual personality, contradictory personality and tragic fate in the novel objectively reveals the cruel reality of the French Restoration and its corrosion and destruction to the younger generation. The subtitle of the novel is "The Age of 1830". In fact, we can deeply understand "1the oppressive social atmosphere brought by successive governments to the French people in the first 30 years of the ninth century" and the reality.

Red and Black, as an excellent critical realism novel, does not have a lengthy description of the environment, but it does not hesitate to describe the inner thoughts of the characters. In fact, the psychological depth of red and black is far beyond the level that contemporary writers can reach. The novel fully shows the protagonist's spiritual space with profound and delicate style, and uses various artistic techniques such as monologue and free association to dig out the activities that connect with deep consciousness, especially the love psychological description of the characters in the book is exquisite and touching. It is a "philosophy and poem of the mind" and the first of stream-of-consciousness novels and psychological novels in later generations. Therefore, Stendhal is also called "the father of modern novels" by critics. This shows the artistic achievements and status of the book.