Marie-Henri Beyle

THE RED AND THE BLACK CHAPTER ONE A SMALL TOWN Put thousands together Less bad, But the cage less gay. Hobbes. Y I ^HE small town of Verrieres may be regarded as one I of the most attractive in the Franche-Comté. Its white houses with their high pitched roofs of red tiles are spread over...

Notes About the Author and France Between 1783 and 1842 Stendhal was the name used by the French writer, Marie-Flenri Beyle. Flenri Beyle liked to use false names instead of his true name. Stendhal was a clever man who liked to tell jokes. He enjoyed making people laugh. But he was also shy -...