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{{quote|''“La vérité, l’âpre vérité”''|'''Danton''' ''<ref>“The truth, the harsh truth”</ref>'' <ref>He never said that.</ref>}}
''The Red and the Black'' is a famous novel of the French author [[
Julien Sorel is a young dreamer, preferring to read his books and daydream about Napoleon than to do something useful for his family. He becomes an acolyte and then obtains a job as a tutor in the prestigious house of Monsieur de Rênal, mayor of Verrières. However, he pays less attention to [[
Soon he finds involved in the political turmoil of the age and starts being manipulated by all kinds of factions, just as he’s trying to forget Madame de Rênal and starts trying to court the daughter of his new boss, Mathilde de la Mole.
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* [[Coming of Age Story]]: Julien leaves the nest, climbs his way to the top using talent, hard work and hypocrisy and learns that nothing is as nice as it seems.
* [[Corrupt Church]]: The church, with some individual exceptions, is generically composed of hypocrites pulling political threads in the shadows.
* [[Distracted
* [[Doomed Moral Victor]]: [[Playing
* [[Duel to
* [[Epigraph]]: All the chapters have epigraphs of well-known writers or others that sound like smart guys. Many of them were invented by Stendhal (like the one at the top).
* [[Evil Jesuit]]: Averted with the abbé Pirard. Played straight with the rest.
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* [[May-December Romance]]: Julien starts an affair with Madame de Rênal.
* [[No Title]]: The last four chapters don’t have titles at all.
* [[The Noun and
* [[Rags to Riches]]
* [[Sexy Priest]]: Julien, though technically he only gets to be an acolyte.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: Self-inflicted by Mathilda.
* [[Tsundere]]: Mathilde, especially toward Julien. She also displays some [[Yandere]] qualities.
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