Colonel Chabert (Hesperus Classics)

Colonel Chabert (Hesperus Classics)
by Honore de Balzac

Colonel Chabert (Hesperus Classics)
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Author: Honore de Balzac
Translator: A. N. Wilson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03-01
ISBN: 1843910373
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Hesperus Press

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Book Review: A Balzac Gem
Summary: 4 Stars

Dead heros are expected to remain dead, in this Balzac gem, for they are far more profitable that way to the many who have benefitted from their deeds. The once magnificent Colonel Chabert returned from the common grave, into which he had been flung after leading his infamous calvary charge at the Battle of Eylau, finds only a well meaning (tho settlement share seeking) trial attorney to aide him in one last battle against a society that wishes him gone. Spurned by his re-married wife, once a near prostitute and now a moralizing aristocrat, and robbed of his fortune, Chabert's pre-mature resurrection is a painful one. Filled with characters human, all too human, Balzac paints a painful world with the deepest of sympathies. General self-interest prevents us from contemplating for too long upon the sacrifices that have placed any of us where we stand; Balzac forces us to remember, forgives us to forget once more. For those unfamiliar with the story, it is best advised to read A.N. Wilson's forward and Andrew Brown's introduction after finishing the book. Breezing in at a quick 83 pages, Colonel Chabert is a fine entry into the greater world of Balzac's Comedie humaine.

Summary of Colonel Chabert (Hesperus Classics)

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 recover both his money and his reputation. Honore de Balzac, one of the greatest writers of 19th-century France, is the author of La comedie humaine, a monumental cycle of 91 interconnected novels.

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