After the revolution there were many novels written and in which portray Paris and its culture. Novels such as Colonel Chabert and The Red and the Black both portray views of Paris and its culture but from opposite ends of society. Colonel Chabert shows more of the poorer class and The Red and The Black show more of the higher class. The novel Colonel Chabert by Honore de Balzac portrays Paris in several ways. Much …showed first 75 words of 540 total…

…showed last 75 words of 540 total…of corrupt society full of extreme poverty and extreme greed in the upper classes. Although the novels portray the different ends of the money scale they both present Paris as an almost evil place where the population is engulfed in a darkness that is greed and suffering. Works Cited Balzac, Honore de. Colonel Chabert. New Directions Publishing Corporation. New York: New York, 1997. Stendhal. The Red and The Black. New American Library. New York: New York, 1981.