The tale of social-climbing, arriviste Julien Sorel brilliantly captures the contradictions and hypocrisies permeating French society under the Bourbon Restoration. Using his formidable intellect, innate cunning and charm, Julien clambers his way to the top, manipulating and seducing those who have the power to give him the social status he desires. However, Julien's idealism and Napoleonic ambitions are always...
This is the hilarious sequel to the bestselling "Grumpy Old Men", with a specially-written foreword by Arthur Smith. To everything, there is a season - a time to be born, a time to die...and a time to have a bloody good moan.
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