Le Colonel Chabert

Name: Le Colonel Chabert
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ISBN: 9782253098041

ISBN-10: 2253098043

ISBN-13: 9782253098041

Edition: 1st 1998

Authors: Honore de Balzac

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A vital part of Balzac's "La comedie humaine," this radiant novel recounts the story of a disenfranchised hero of the Napoleonic wars. Left for dead on the battlefield of Eylau, Colonel Chabert has spent years in an asylum as an amnesiac. The novel begins as he returns to the life he left behind only to discover that, in his absence, his entire life--family, society, identity--has changed. With Napoleon deposed, France's aristocracy has returned to power "as if the Revolution never occurred," and believing Chabert to be dead, his wife is now married to a count. Sickened by her pretense not to recognize him and by the titled society that spurns his former meritorious deeds, Chabert vows to…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Distribooks Inc
Binding: Paperback
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English