I want to read The Read and the Black by Stendhal, what should

>>9642252
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830_in_France

You're definitely not going to make it, anon.

The period where The Red and the Black takes place is called the Restoration. For a simplistic and outdated (but generally a good overview) check out Restoration and Reaction, 1815-1848. For a biography of Louis-Philippe, king of France from 1830 to 1848, check out The Perilous Crown. This biography is pretty good at giving a sense of the time and placing Louis-Philippe rather than just giving a story of his life. There's a TON of history out there if you can read French, but unfortunately the Restoration is one of the lesser studied areas of French history by anglophone historians, who tend to favor either the French Revolution or the period starting in 1871. Good luck OP!

>>9642252
I read the book without caring too much about the historical background and yet found it brilliant.Did I really miss much?

>>9642252
Go to the Podcast Revolutions.

Great stuff. Also get the latest translation.

>>9642274
Thanks, Bob Dylan. Congrats on the Nobel again.

>>9642294
Restoration and Reaction sounds like a good starting point. thanks!

>>9642294
Frenchman here, this is absolutely right. 1830 is much less studied for obvious political reasons here as well.

>>9644105
Why? denial/revisionism? ashamed? fill me in, French-senpai.