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Colonel Chabert is a French cavalry officer who is held in high esteem by Napoleon Bonaparte. After being severly wounded, in the [[Battle of Elyau]], Chabert is recorded as dead. Though he does survive and is nursed back to health by local peasants, it takes several years for him to recover. After he recovers, he returns to Paris and discovers his "widow" has married to Count Ferraud. Seeking to regain his name and monies that were wrongly given away as inheritance, he hires Derville, an attorney, to win back his money and his honor. |
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Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy) which parodies and depicts French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy (1815-1848). This novel was adapted for six different motion pictures, including two silent films.
Plot synopsis
Template:Spoiler Colonel Chabert is a French cavalry officer who is held in high esteem by Napoleon Bonaparte. After being severly wounded, in the Battle of Elyau, Chabert is recorded as dead. Though he does survive and is nursed back to health by local peasants, it takes several years for him to recover. After he recovers, he returns to Paris and discovers his "widow" has married to Count Ferraud. Seeking to regain his name and monies that were wrongly given away as inheritance, he hires Derville, an attorney, to win back his money and his honor.
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Characters
- Hyacinthe Chabert, Colonel
- Countess Ferraud (formerly Chabert)
- Count Ferraud
- Derville
- Bouchard
- Godeschal
- Desroches
- Simonin
- Boutin
- Chamblin
- Delbecq
- A Notary
Film adaptations
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See also
- Honoré de Balzac
- La Comédie humaine
- List of characters of La Comédie humaine
- Le Colonel Chabert (1994 film)
- Le Colonel Chabert (1943 film)
- Le Colonel Chabert (1911 film)
- Kolonel Chabert (1961 film)
- Oberst Chabert (1914 film)
- Oberst Chabert (1967 film)
Notes and References
External links
- The Human Comedy by Honoré de Balzac hosted by Carnegie Mellon University.
- Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac from Project Gutenberg (English translation by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell), hosted by the University of Pennsylvania