Le Rouge et le Noir

Even though the psychology behind love sounds realistic, the story becomes improbable. But somehow very ridiculous and very funny. Which is of course what the author intended. It made me laugh lots of times about how human being can be so stupid sometimes. This is maybe why I see realism in this improbable story. I have to say, I am not fan of novel and have troubles to keep concentration, but...more

Even though the psychology behind love sounds realistic, the story becomes improbable. But somehow very ridiculous and very funny. Which is of course what the author intended. It made me laugh lots of times about how human being can be so stupid sometimes. This is maybe why I see realism in this improbable story. I have to say, I am not fan of novel and have troubles to keep concentration, but this book, even though it is very long, kept me fully concentrated from the beginning to the end.   hide

The archetypal French Novel.

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