The Red and the Black, by Stendhal

I am not competing in this league: Doris Lessing reviewed this, so read her: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/may/24/featuresreviews.guardianreview30

Time still 5:45, third Thursday = March 19 at the Starbucks at 200 SW Century Drive in Bend. It's on Century Drive near the UPS store in the Safeway parking lot, not in Safeway. Remember to thank Starbucks for their table and buy a drink or snack.

Might be helpful to briefly review the events in France between the fall of Napolean/restoration of the Bourbons and the 1830 three glorious days or October revolution.