Stendhal ngumlobi waseFransi owenza igalelo elikhulu kwiincwadi zaseYurophu. Igama lakhe lenene nguHenri Beyle. Ixesha ahlala kuyo, kubonakaliswa ngobomi bakhe nasemsebenzini. Emva kokuphonswa komlawuli onamandla njengoNapoleon, eFransi kwafika i-philistinism. Le nto yayiyinto ephikisana nomlobi kwinqanaba lomphefumlo wakhe. Kufanelekile ukuqwalasela umsebenzi omangalisayo owenziwa nguStendhal. "Olubomvu nomnyama" - inombolo apho umzabalazo phakathi kobuqu bomntu ngamnye nobomi bemihla ngemihla uqwalaselwa. Isekelwe kwibali lokwenene, elibhalwa ngumlobi kwelinye lamaphephandaba aseFransi.
Ibali liqala ngento yokuba umphathi we dolophu encinane yaseVerrieres, de Renal, utshela iqabane lomntu malunga nenjongo yokuqesha umqeqeshi. Baya kuba nguJulien Sorrel, ovela kwimfundo yabaontanga. Le nsizwa ikwahluke ngokuzikhukhumeza nokuthanda, okungahambelani nendawo yakhe yentlalo.
Umfazi kaMnu de Renal wayechasene kakhulu nale ngcamango yomyeni wakhe. Wayengafuni ukuba nomntu "ongcolileyo" phakathi kwakhe kunye nabantwana bakhe abathandekayo abathathu. Nangona kunjalo, xa ebona uJulien, wamangaliswa-kunokuba wayengumntwana osemncinci, njengoko wayecinga, intombazana eyayihlazekayo yabonakala emehlweni akhe. Kungekudala wonke umntu ohlala endlwini kaRenal waqala ukumphatha ngenhlonipho, kuba wayefundiswe kwaye wabanjwa ngesidima.
Emva kwexesha, intombazana, owayesebenza endlwini ka-Renalay kwaye ilifa ilifa elikhulu, ibonisa umnqweno wokuba ngumfazi womfundisi okhangayo. Kodwa unqwenela kakhulu ukuwamkela esi siphakamiso - iinjongo zakhe zinomdla. Ummeli kaMeya, u-Madame de Renal, uyaqonda ukuba uJulien nguye oqaqambileyo kwaye unengqiqo kubo bonke amadoda awaziyo. Kungekudala baba ngabathandi. UMeya weVerera uqikelele oku, kwaye uJulien kwafuneka ahambe kwintsapho kaRelaylay. Uthandana nomfazi ohloniphekileyo, uMatilda de La Mole. Uyakhulelwa kuye kwaye ufuna ukutshata. Kubonakala ngathi yonke into yaqala ukuphucula ubomi bukaJulien. Kodwa apha kukho inkathazo enkulu. Ixesha elizayo uyisezala kaJulien unquma ukucela uMadame de Renal malunga nobani bomfundisi wakhe wangaphambili. Ekuphenduleni, uthumela ileta apho achaza uSorrel njengomntu ongenamathengi, onesiqhelo kunye nohanahanisi, ukuba zonke izinto zilungile. Le leta iwela ezandleni zeMatilda. Emva kokuyifunda, uyayinika iS Sorrel. Emva kokufunda incwadi yekosikazi yangaphambili, uyaqonda ukuba uMe de la Mole akayi kuvuma ukuba ngumkhwe wakhe. Kule nto, ulahlekelwa ngumlawuli. Ngexesha elifanayo uya kuMadame de Renal kwaye endleleni ifumana isibhamu. Ukufumana uMadame de Renal, uJulien uyamtshiza kabini. Inkundla imgweba ukuba afe. UDe Renal uhlala ephila, nangona emele. Uzama, esebenzisa isikhundla sakhe kunye neendlela, ukunciphisa isithuba somqeqeshi wangaphambili, kodwa le mizamo iphetha ngokuhluleka. Ukuza kwakhe entolongweni, uRenal utshela uSorrel ukuba umbhali wencwadi engabonakaliyo ngumvumeli wakhe. Kwiintsuku zokugqibela zobomi bakhe ngaphambi kokubulawa, uJulien ngokokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka emininzi uyonwabile kwaye uyathandwa.
Kulo msebenzi wabonisa amandla akhe ngokupheleleyo weTalente yakhe. "Olubomvu nomnyama" akuyiyo yonke into engozini yesoveli. Icacisa ngokukodwa impawu yerveli: kumsebenzi awekho amaqhawe amnandi kunye namahle - ngamnye umdlali unesiphene esikhulu. Akukho ntshutshiso phakathi komnyama nomhlophe, okulungileyo nokubi. Ukuphakamisa umbuzo wempembelelo yoluntu kumntu yiyona njongo ephambili eyenziwa nguStendhal. "Olubomvu nomnyama" ubonisa ukungqubuzana kwendalo kunye nobomi bemihla ngemihla, ubuntu kunye neenjongo zayo kunye noluntu kunye noluntu, oluyinqanda ukuba luyiqonde. Emva koko, uJulien uyazi ukuba ubugebengu bakhe obuphambili, ngenxa yokuba abagwebi bayamgweba kumlinganiselo ophezulu, akusiyo inzame yokubulala, kodwa ukuba yena, ukuba ngumntu oqhelekileyo, wayezama ukuphuma kubantu.
Iingxaki ezinzulu ziphakanyiswa kwintanethi nguStendhal. "Olubomvu noMnyama" ngumsebenzi obonisa ukulungelelaniswa koluntu oluye lathintela ukufezekiswa kwamandla omntu kwaye luze luphulukise, luvame ukunyanzelisa ubuzenzisi, ubuxoki kunye nobutyebi ukufezekisa injongo. Iinkalo ezingathandekiyo zibonakala kwizenzo zomdlali oyintloko, uJulien Sorrell, kwaye phezulu uya kunyuka kwinqanaba lezemisebenzi, ngaphezulu kokubonakalayo. Umona kunye nezinye iimpawu ezimbi zamalungu omntu ngamnye ziba ngumqobo ongenakunqandeka kwabanye abantu.
Umlobi wencwadana uye wahlala egxile kwiimpawu zengqondo kunye noluntu lwakhe. Ukuqwalasela umsebenzi ukusuka kulolu cala, umntu unokumangaliswa ngendlela uStendhal ebhaliweyo abhala ngayo "Olubomvu noMnyama". Ukugxeka umphakathi waseFransi wale mihla uhamba ngokuhambelana neengxaki zomntu. Ekugqibeleni, u-Julien Sorrel akazami ukwenza ngandlela-thile umlinganiselo wakhe. Emva kokuvalelwa entolongweni kwaye eqonda ukuba imihla yakhe iyabalwa, wayeziva ehlambulukiswa ngokomoya. Wayeqonda ukuba ukuba waba ngumlingani kaMademoiselle de la Mole, ngoko indima yomyeni wayo yayiya kulahleka konke ukukhanga kuye. Wayeqonda ukuba akazange abe nombono ebomini obunjalo. U-Sorrel ozolile kwaye osibindi uya ekufeni, kwaye ukuziva ulonwabo kuyamkhathalela umfazi wakhe othandekayo.
Kwimveli ethi "Olubomvu noMnyama" I-Stendhal ifuthe kwiingxaki ezingabonakali nje kuphela kwisizwe saseFransi emva kokuphangwa kweNapoleon, kodwa nakwixesha lethu.