The Red and the Black by Stendhal

Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black), subtitled Chronique du XIXe siécle ("Chronicle of the 19th century"), is an historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in 1830. It is often cited as the first realist novel. The title has been translated into English variously as Scarlet and Black, Red and Black and The Red and the Black. It is set in the period from the end of September,1826 to the end of July,1831, and relates a young man's attempts to rise above his plebeian birth through a combination of talent, hard work, deception and hypocrisy, only to find himself betrayed by his own passions.

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1. - 6th on Biblioteca (Argentina)
2. - 9th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
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4. - 22nd on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
5. - 28th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
6. - 29th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
7. - 45th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	The Red and the Black (56) (World's Classics Deluxe Edition)	Hardcover	1766525	$31.95	$38.34	2020
	The Red and the Black By Stendhal	Paperback	2444833	$15.90		2021
	The Red and the Black	Audio CD	6376869	$22.74	$22.79	2012
	The Red and the Black, a Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century	Mass Market Paperback	8802165		$2.50
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	1395940	$8.09	$8.60	2014
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	6474925		$3.49
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	The red and the black, (A Bantam classic)	Mass Market Paperback	13721630		$0.01
	The Red and the Black (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #40]	Kindle Edition	513490	$0.99		2013
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	535737	$0.99		2014
	The Red And The Black	Kindle Edition	198706	$0.99		2014
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	141177	$2.00		2012
	The Red and the Black	Mass Market Paperback	10079307		$15.00
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	520157	$2.51		2010
	The Red and The Black (in Slipcase)	Hardcover	2124921	$12.99	$3.88
	Red and Black: A New Translation, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism (English and French Edition)	Paperback	5609289	$25.00	$1.95	1969
	The Red and the Black	MP3 CD	3045170	$28.32	$27.90	2010
	Red and the Black	Hardcover	976964	$31.28	$9.19	1983
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	4280207	$106.58	$0.01	1984
	The Red and the Black (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)	Paperback	5920214	$5.27	$0.41	2001
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	1662445			2019
	The Red and the Black (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	472890	$2.99		2013
	Le Rouge et le noir (French Edition)	Paperback	5800686	$14.42	$34.17	2012
	The Red and the Black	Audible Audio Edition	57390	$26.95		2011
	The Red and The Black (Edition 2014/Interactive TOC)	Kindle Edition	143310	$0.99		2014
	Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) French Edition	Paperback	363501	$9.89	$24.26	2013
	Le rouge et le noir - CD MP3 (French Edition)	Audio CD	4694952	$31.47		2013
	Le Rouge et le Noir (Book plus Audio Compact Disc)	Paperback	5357523	$39.65	$142.81
	The Red and The Black	Audio CD	2267988	$24.15	$32.06	2011
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	399770	$0.99		2019
	The Red and the Black (Chinese Edition)	Hardcover	1871155	$11.99		2017
	classic Stendhal: THE RED AND THE BLACK (illustrated, complete, and unabridged)	Kindle Edition	473655	$2.99		2014
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	178870			2015
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	2566704	$8.19	$8.19	2010
	The Red and the Black Annotated	Paperback	1242924	$18.99		2020
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	11670691		$4.95
	The Red and The Black: The Complete Novel	Paperback	845373	$9.99		2018
	The Red and the Black (KONEMANN CLASSICS)	Hardcover	3883466	$1.84	$1.45	2001
	The Red and the Black (Cliffs Notes, The Red and the Black)	Paperback	4647740		$12.00
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	726496			2012
	The Red and the Black: A Play in Three Acts Based on the Novel by Stendhal	Kindle Edition	1778011			2012
	The Red and the Black	Audible Audio Edition	136243	$15.95		2012
	Red and The Black, The (Naxos Complete Classics)	Audio CD	1072162	$54.57	$19.91	2010
	ROJO Y NEGRO (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	462696			2011
	Rojo y negro	Hardcover	770877	$14.65
	Rojo y negro (SC359) (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	3113659	$7.99	$65.94	2008
	Rojo y negro (2013) (Spanish Edition)	Mass Market Paperback	6070929	$47.75	$4.26	2011
	Red & the Black	Paperback	11401710		$7.94
	The Red and the Black	MP3 CD	2528596	$14.99		2016
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	1760602	$3.70		2018
	Scarlet and Black	Paperback	9897494		$3.51
	Rojo y negro [Red and Black]	Audible Audiobook	105957	$19.84		2021
	THE RED AND THE BLACK (Spanish Edition)	Audio CD	8770535	$17.00	$11.99	2002
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	5982928		$2.95
	Le rouge et le noir (French Edition)	Paperback	10038289		$20.76
	The Red and the Black (Washington Square, No. W-719)	Hardcover	7260190		$25.00
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	2398698	$11.99	$1.33	2014
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	1580435	$9.99		2018
	The Red and the Black	Audible Audio Edition	52180	$33.68		1999
	The Red and the Black (Dover Thrift Editions)	Kindle Edition	1638179	$4.00		2012
	The Red and the Black (Modern Library)	Hardcover	819222	$42.10	$3.42	1995
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	226110			2015
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	7713621	$19.99	$8.00
	El Rojo y el Negro [The Red and the Black]	Audible Audio Edition	169278	$3.95		2006
	The Red and the Black (Modern Library)	Hardcover	792898	$40.00	$5.99	2003
	The Red and the Black, Volume 1	Audible Audiobook	206512	$14.92		2017
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	480936			2017
	Rojo y negro (Letras Universales / Universal Writings) (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	3814557	$17.10	$38.98	2009
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	202606			2017
	The Red and the Black (Modern Library, 157.1)	Hardcover	6725761		$3.00	1929
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	232362			2014
	The Red and the Black Annotated	Paperback	1841017	$17.99		2020
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	506513			2020
	The Red and the Black (Dover Thrift Editions)	Paperback	2143442	$2.40	$0.74	2004
	The Red and the Black A Chronicle of 1830	Kindle Edition	537514
	Red and Black Stendhal	Hardcover	8080015		$14.99
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	9186257		$19.95
	The Red and the Black (translated with an introduction by Horace B. Samuel)	Kindle Edition	682461	$5.99		2018
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	695111			2019
	The Red and the Black	Mass Market Paperback	5443812	$35.00	$0.39	1989
	The Red and the Black (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	3327961		$3.98	2006
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	317334			2020
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	8837738		$0.67
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	5215951		$0.25
	The Red and the Black Illustrated	Kindle Edition	380067	$2.99		2020
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	708122	$0.99		2017
	The Red and the Black (Library Edition)	Audio CD	10535927	$77.49	$432.67	2010
	The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	499331	$7.00	$1.00	2009
	The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	731588	$5.99	$0.99	1998
	The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830	Hardcover	11672621	$36.65	$36.60	2016
	The red and the black; a chronicle of 1830	Kindle Edition	5373500			2014
	The Red And The Black	Paperback	3818514	$15.39	$15.33	2019
	The Red and the Black: (translated with an introduction by Horace B. Samuel)	Paperback	1538182	$11.99	$22.00	2018
	Red & the Black, The (Everyman Paperback Classics)	Paperback	3086779	$34.99	$0.65	1997
	The Red and the Black (Barnes & Noble Classics)	Paperback	2672524	$1.97	$0.01	2005
	The Red and the Black (Dover Thrift Editions)	Kindle Edition	1340236	$4.00		2004
	The Red and the Black: Large print	Paperback	805133	$22.99		2020
	The Red and the Black (World's Classics Series)	Kindle Edition	870616	$0.99		2018
	The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century (World's Classics)	Paperback	7113399	$13.76	$0.01	1991
	The Red and the Black (Modern Library Classics)	Paperback	185520	$10.94	$2.31	2004
	The Red and the Black (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	170151	$9.14	$2.12	2002
	The Red and the Black	Mass Market Paperback	4573747	$12.95	$1.40	1970
	The Red and the Black: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation	Audible Audiobook	248248	$24.81		2022
	The Red and the Black	Paperback	1203837	$19.85		2013
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	854724		$3.10
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	3935618		$0.01
	Le Rouge et le Noir: Chronique du XIXe Siècle	Paperback	6617528		$1.99
	The Red and the Black	Kindle Edition	152404			2017
	The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830 = Le Rouge Et Le Noir (Modern Library Classics)	Kindle Edition	321225	$12.99		2003
	The Red and the Black, Volume 2	Audible Audiobook	263074	$16.78		2017
	The Red and the Black	Hardcover	12165334		$59.77
	The Red and the Black: A Novel of Post-Napoleonic France	Paperback	2105919	$9.95	$2.05	2004
	The Red and the Black (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	682775	$16.97	$2.99	2007