Eversti Chabert by Honoré de Balzac
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"Eversti Chabert" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella published in 1832. A French cavalry officer, believed killed at the Battle of Eylau, miraculously survives his burial and returns to Paris years later. He discovers his wife has remarried into high society and claimed his fortune as inheritance. Desperate to reclaim his identity and wealth, Chabert hires a lawyer to fight for what was stolen. Balzac contrasts Napoleonic values of honor with
Restoration society's obsession with money and social rank in this tragic tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Vuorinen, Huvi, 1883-1965 |
| Uniform Title | Colonel Chabert. Finnish |
| Title | Eversti Chabert |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Chabert_(novella) |
| Credits | Produced by Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 32.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | France -- Fiction |
| Subject | Legal stories |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Subject | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Veterans -- Fiction |
| Subject | Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- France -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 52918 |
| Release Date | Aug 28, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 235 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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