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Historical and psychological novel by Stendhal, published in 1830. The full title of the novel is "Red and Black, Chronicle of the 19th Century". The protagonist is Julien Sorel. The work is a bildungsroman that follows his upbringing and life path.
Thirteen-year-old Agostino spends the summer at the seaside with his beautiful widowed mother. When she becomes close to her lover, the boy feels rejected and joins the company of rough local boys to get revenge and grow up.
"Keiner kommt davon" by Hans Helmut Kirst explores the absurdity of war through the fate of Captain Hans von Schulte, who faces moral dilemmas and guilt on the battlefield of World War II.
Hermann Hesse's novel "At the Mill" depicts the conflict between artistic ideals and social expectations through the story of a young poet trying to make it in a world limited by conventions.
Theodor Fontane's classic about young Effie married to an older baron. A brief extramarital affair is exposed years later, leading to social rejection, a duel, and her tragic fate.