Red and the Black, The
Power and Self Destruction Author: Stendhal Julien Sorel may not have a high station in society yet, but he will. His intelligence is matched by his brutal determination to be somebody, either by entering a church career or becoming someone in the military. How he gets there doesn’t matter. Getting there – being the most intelligent, the most powerful, the most sought after, having that lofty station is all that matters. If Julien has to leave a few broken people in his wake, then so be it. Life is a game and he is determined to play it to the max. [...]