One character in this work asks her lover to paste letters and words cut from a book onto a sheet of blue paper in composing an anonymous letter, and the protagonist refuses work in the lumber business of his friend Fouqué. The protagonist leaves his
One character in this work asks her lover to paste letters and words cut from a book onto a sheet of blue paper in composing an anonymous letter, and the protagonist refuses work in the lumber business of his friend Fouqué. The protagonist leaves his father's sawmill and stays with his Latin teacher, Abbé Chélan, before starting a love affair with Mathilde de la Mole. However, his engagement is broken off due to a disastrous reference obtained from Madame de Renal, whom the protagonist is guillotined for shooting. For 10 points, name this novel following Julien Sorel written by Stendhal.
One character in this work asks her lover to paste letters and words cut from a book onto a sheet of blue paper in composing an anonymous letter, and the protagonist refuses work in the lumber business of his friend Fouqué.
The Red and the Black [accept Scarlet and Black; accept Le Rouge et le Noir]