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Title: Scarlet and Black (Penguin Classics) by Stendhal ISBN: 0-14-044030-5 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1953 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A sound translation
Comment: My five stars are for the novel itself - and undisputed masterpiece. In this note I just want to report that I have been checking out this translation against the one in the handsome little Konemann edition - that is, checking each against the French. The Shaw (Penguin) translation is ever so much better than the other (by E. P. Robins). The general level of the English in the Robins is low, and it contais many out-and-out errors in how it renders the French. The Shaw, though imperfect, is much better,
Rating: 4
Summary: French Politics/Philosophy and the Industrial Age
Comment: This a classic, certainly a novel of high standard amongst the famous French writers of the time period of pre- and industrial age. It deals with head character Julian Sorel - the student training for priesthood and the master of hypocrisy. His love affairs with Mde de Renal and Madamossiele de la Mole are just the tip of the iceberg. As one can gather without reading Shaw's commentary, it is a story about the Scarlet and the Black, ie nobility and the priest's habit, and the clashes associated with them. Of course Stendhal puts his own political view into it, which in itself is interesting. This book portrays French society during the 2nd restoration (1815-30) and the continuing admiration of Napoleon despite his fall from grace. Of course there is also the clash of sectarian Catholicism and Stendhal vents his anger at Jansenism - this can also be seen in contemporary Austro-Hungarian life in regards to censorship of book publications , especially in the life of France Preseren. Overall a good book, and very educating.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredible, deeply moving and tragic
Comment: I started reading this book by accident, but soon found I couldn't put it down. It has the power to take one to the time it describes, in this instance the early-mid ninteenth century in france. Julien Sorel is an ambitious character who tries to make his way by embracing hypocrisy - this is impossible for someone who isn't completely corrupt and so he is doomed to failure. Julien cannot control his passions or his sense of honour and this is what makes a seemingly calculating and sly character ultimately appear vulnerable and heroic.
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Title: The TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine ISBN: 0671722905 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli ISBN: 0553212788 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1984 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: Confessions (OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS) by Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0192833723 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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