A comic masterpiece about Chechikov, a trafficker in souls (adult male serfs), who can still be of profit even when dead.

He had just completed his thirteenth year when his mother died.

This edition (the only paperback edition now available) includes an introduction by the distinguished Oxford University scholar John Bayley.

A comic masterpiece about Chechikov, a trafficker in souls (adult male serfs), who can still be of profit even when dead.

First Modern library edition.

The red and the black is a character study of Julien Sorel, a clever and idealistic young opportunist who attempts to rise above his station through a combination of talent, deception, and hypocrisy.

This edition (the only paperback edition now available) includes an introduction by the distinguished Oxford University scholar John Bayley.

This edition (the only paperback edition now available) includes an introduction by the distinguished Oxford University scholar John Bayley.