Le Rouge et le Noir - Stendhal

Julien Sorel, a poor but very ambitious boy, becomes a tutor of the children of Mr. de Rênal. After falling in love with the wife Mr. de Rênal, Julien leaves the family. The he joins the seminary and falls in love with the daughter of the Marquis de la Mole. While he seems to have finally managed to satisfy his ambition, a letter puts an end to his destiny