Prince Korasoff advises the protagonist to pretend to woo an elderly lady with fifty-three pre-written love letters, while another character dresses in black to mourn anniversary of the beheading of her ancestor Boniface.
A surprise inspection at Vergy forces this novel's protagonist to beg another character to remove the hidden portrait under his straw mattress. Prince Korasoff advises the protagonist to pretend to woo an elderly lady with fifty-three pre-written love letters, while another character dresses in black to mourn anniversary of the beheading of her ancestor Boniface. A recommendation from l'Abbé Pirard gets the protagonist a job as a secretary, and he later shoots his former lover, Madame de Rênal, after she undermines his marriage plans with Madame de la Mole. FTP, name this novel about Julien Sorel by Stendhal.
A surprise inspection at Vergy forces this novel's protagonist to beg another character to remove the hidden portrait under his straw mattress.
The {Red} and the {Black} (or {Scarlet} and {Black;} or Le {Rouge et} Le {Noir})