The Red and the Black Society and Class Quotes

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Quote #10

"How grateful I am to you, dear Papa, for having saved me from the name Sorel." (2.34.25)

When he realizes he has not other choice, the Marquis de La Mole gives Julien some property, a military rank, and a fancy new name to make people think he's a French nobleman. Then and only then is he worthy to marry Mathilde, who thanks her father for saving her the shame of being seen as a peasant's wife.