Le Colonel Chabert
Balzac's character Chabert--thought killed in the Napoleonic wars-- returns to find his wife remarried, his pension gone, and everything changed. Chabert employs a young lawyer named Derville to negotiate recompense, but, unknown to Chabert, Derville also represents Chabert's former wife. As Derville plays the game of law and intrigue, we see why Balzac himself saw post-Revolutionary politics as plagued with corruption. 128 pp.
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Le Colonel Chabert
Balzac's character Chabert--thought killed in the Napoleonic wars-- returns to find his wife remarried, his pension gone, and everything changed. Chabert employs a young lawyer named Derville to negotiate recompense, but, unknown to Chabert, Derville also represents Chabert's former wife. As Derville plays the game of law and intrigue, we see why Balzac himself saw post-Revolutionary politics as plagued with corruption. 128 pp.
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Le Colonel Chabert

Le Colonel Chabert

by Honore de Balzac
Le Colonel Chabert

Le Colonel Chabert

by Honore de Balzac

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Overview

Balzac's character Chabert--thought killed in the Napoleonic wars-- returns to find his wife remarried, his pension gone, and everything changed. Chabert employs a young lawyer named Derville to negotiate recompense, but, unknown to Chabert, Derville also represents Chabert's former wife. As Derville plays the game of law and intrigue, we see why Balzac himself saw post-Revolutionary politics as plagued with corruption. 128 pp.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788726726541
Publisher: Saga Egmont French
Publication date: 02/22/2021
Sold by: De Marque
Format: eBook
Pages: 137
File size: 259 KB
Language: French

About the Author

Honoré de Balzac, né Honoré Balzac à Tours le 20 mai 1799, et mort à Paris le 18 août 1850, est un écrivain français. romancier, dramaturge, critique littéraire, critique d'art, essayiste, journaliste et imprimeur. Il a laissé l'une des plus imposantes œuvres romanesques de la littérature française, avec plus de quatre-vingt-dix romans et nouvelles parus de 1829 à 1855, réunis sous le titre La Comédie humaine. À cela s'ajoutent Les Cent Contes drolatiques, ainsi que des romans de jeunesse publiés sous des pseudonymes et quelque vingt-cinq œuvres ébauchées.

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