Crveno i crno
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.
Red and Black is a social chronicle about the fate of a poor, ambitious young man in the Restoration era, in which, in a precise classicist style and a tone ranging from sarcastic to poetic, it expresses the romanticism of the hero's rebellion against ossified social structures and morals. It is a developmental novel, compositionally divided into two parts by a change of setting (province and Paris). It is mostly narrated from the hero's perspective, and sometimes the omniscient narrator appears with poetical (he explains the so-called aesthetics of the mirror about the novel as a reflection of social reality) or moralistic comments. The hero of the novel ultimately becomes a victim of the split between his intimate and public personality, hiding and cultivating his true identity (the interplay of these actions is a permanent feature of Stendhal's works), unable to reconcile conflicting emotions and ambitions. This duality is already reflected in the title and structured by a series of narrative and semantic dichotomies (love and death, love as passion and love as vanity, two women in the hero's life, republic and monarchy, Paris and province, sensitivity and voluntarism, truth and lie, action and contemplation, army and church).
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1. Opasne veze
Opasne veze su epistolarni roman objavljen 1782. godine, koji kroz niz pisama prikazuje licemjerje i manipulaciju francuskog aristokratskog društva uoči Francuske revolucije.
- Blago oštećenje ovitka
2. Mutivoda
Mutivoda je roman iz Balzacovog velikog ciklusa "Ljudska komedija" (La Comédie humaine). Radnja se odvija u malom provincijskom gradu Arcis-sur-Aube, gdje izbore za parlamentarnog zastupnika izaziva dolazak tajanstvenog kandidata.
3. Madam Bovari
Madam Bovari je remek-delo poznatog francuskog pisca Gistava Flobera i klasik svetske književnosti. Roman, objavljen 1857. godine, prati tragičnu priču Eme Bovari, žene nezadovoljne svojim životom na francuskom selu.
4. Čiča Gorio
Uncle Goriot is the story of the old war profiteer Goriot and his daughters, who, after robbing him to the point of being naked, leave him to die in the solitude and misery of the Vaquer boarding house. It is a story that can be read today on several leve
- Slight damage to the dust jacket
5. Dunda i druge novele
The story is set during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), and begins with the escape of French citizens from Rouen, under Prussian occupation. Among them is Elizabeth Rousset, "Dunda", a girl of easy morals but a kind heart.
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6. Karmen / Kolomba
Carmen is a story set in Spain and follows the tragic love between the gypsy temptress Carmen and the soldier Don José. Colomba is a story set in Corsica and tells a story of brotherhood, revenge and family honor.
7. Đavolja bara / Mala Fadeta / Nahoče Fransoa
The Devil's Pond depicts the life of humble peasants in the French province of Berry. Little Fadette is the story of a girl named Fadette, who is rejected by her community because of her appearance and behavior. Intentional François tells the story of an
8. Sirano de Beržerak
Cyrano de Bergerac is a romantic drama set in the 17th century, which follows the talented and witty poet, soldier, and swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac.
9. Zemlja
The Country is a social novel published in 1887, part of the "Rougon-Macquart" cycle, in which Zola depicts the brutal reality of life among French peasants.
10. Crveno i crno
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.
