Red and black

The post -apoleon France is through and through the syrup of Jesuit hypocrisy. But even such France is beautiful. Perhaps only here the glory and wealth is inseparable from the success of women. The rootless provincial Julien Sorel has everything to conquer the world: talent, mind, courage. And most importantly, he is able to inspire a woman with a reckless passion for himself. This upstart is already close to the implementation of all its ambitious hopes. In his power, the adored daughter of the Marquis de La Mol, one of the powers of this world. The victory over the young aristocrat provides a triumph take -off to a handsome servant. But the other woman, the previous victim of his spell, is ready to avenge even at the cost of an all -world shame, which will destroy her and her family - children, her husband. Dostoevsky’s psychological expressionism in the scenery of the Count Monte Cristo " - this is what Stendhal’s novel “Red and Black” (1830) does not know analogues in the literature of the 19th century.

The accompanying article by Leonid Girshovich

Leonid Moiseevich Girshovich (born 1948) - Russian writer, professional violinist, graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory. He worked in the symphonic orchestras of Leningrad, Jerusalem, Hanover. Since 1973 he has been living in Israel and Germany. The author of the books "fascism and vice versa", "price" (short list of the Russian Bouquer prize), "exchanged heads", "sorcerers with violins", "Arena XX" (long-list of the Russian Bouquer) and others. It was printed in Russian and foreign periodicals