A retelling of Stendhal · 1830

The Red and the Black

“Julien Sorel, the clever, proud son of a provincial carpenter, who worships Napoleon in a France where the age of glory is over, decides that the Church — the black — is now the only road to power. As tutor in the house of the mayor of Verrières, seminarian in Besançon and secretary to a great Paris nobleman, he climbs by hypocrisy and will, loving and loved by two very different women — until a single act destroys everything.”

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Contents12 episodes · ~33 min

  1. 1Book One, Chapters I–V: VerrièresFree
  2. 2Book One, Chapters VI–X: The Tutor🔒
  3. 3Book One, Chapters XI–XV: The Lovers🔒
  4. 4Book One, Chapters XVI–XX: The King's Visit and the Anonymous Letter🔒
  5. 5Book One, Chapters XXI–XXV: Departure🔒
  6. 6Book One, Chapters XXVI–XXX: The Seminary, and the Ladder🔒
  7. 7Book Two, Chapters I–IX: The Hôtel de La Mole🔒
  8. 8Book Two, Chapters X–XVII: Queen Marguerite, and One O'Clock in the Morning🔒
  9. 9Book Two, Chapters XVIII–XXIV: The Secret Note🔒
  10. 10Book Two, Chapters XXV–XXXII: The Maréchale de Fervaques, and the Tiger🔒
  11. 11Book Two, Chapters XXXIII–XXXIX: The Letter, and the Shot🔒
  12. 12Book Two, Chapters XL–XLV: The Trial, and the End🔒