Julien fell asleep, dreaming of honors for himself and human rights for everyone else. (The Red and the Black, vol 2, chapter 39, ‘The Ball’.  The translation is a little loose, but captures the contemporary sense pretty well, wouldn’t you say?  More traditionally: “Julien fell asleep, dreaming of honors for himself and liberty for everyone else.”  The original … “par … Continue reading Sundays with Stendhal 4