by Honoré de Balzac · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011694881
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«Le Colonel Chabert» is the novel by Honoré de Balzac published by Hachette in paperback (175 pages, in French).
Colonel Chabert, a hero of the Napoleonic wars, was presumed dead at the Battle of Eylau. Ten years later he returns to Paris, where no one expected him, and claims his identity, his fortune and his wife, who has remarried and denies him. The claim leads to a legal and moral conflict over dignity, memory and ingratitude.
Originally published in 1832, this edition reproduces the complete text according to the corrected 1845 Furne edition and includes a pedagogical dossier. The work belongs to «La Comedia Humana» (position 24).
School edition aimed at French students preparing for the Baccalauréat and commentary on classic texts.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
