by Honoré de Balzac · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290313831
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«Le Colonel Chabert» is the novel by Honoré de Balzac, published by J'ai lu in paperback format (95 pages, in French).
An old man presents himself before the lawyer Derville claiming to be Colonel Chabert, a Napoleonic officer presumed dead at Eylau. His wife, who believed him dead, has remarried and inherited his property; with Derville's help, Chabert tries to recover his identity and his estate.
The novel belongs to the narrative cycle La Comédie humaine, and its action takes place in Restoration Paris.
Recommended for readers of French classics and for students wanting a short novel by Balzac in its original language.
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.
