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Plot summary. Colonel Chabert marries Rose Chapotel, a prostitute. Colonel Chabert then becomes a French cavalry officer who is held in high esteem by Napoleon Bonaparte. After being severely wounded in the Battle of Eylau (1807), Chabert is recorded as dead and buried with other French casualties. However, he survives and after extricating ...
This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac. It provides a thorough exploration of the book’s plot, characters and main themes, including honor, marriage and money.
Oct 18, 2013 · The story is a simple one: Colonel Chabert had fought under Napoleon, and was "instrumental in the success of Murat's famous charge" in the Battle of Eylau (1807); a hero, everyone has come -- quite reasonably -- to believe that he died in the battle. But, against all odds, he survived.
Short book, but rich with detail – sketching the trials and tribulations of Colonel Chabert of the old Empire. Left for dead literally and figuratively, he is left to his own devices to make sense of the meaning of his life.
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Oct 13, 2013 · Le Colonel Chabert (Colonel Chabert) is a novella which takes place in and around Paris, just after the Napoleonic wars. The story starts with banter in a lawyer's office where some clerks are making fun of an old man waiting to see their employer. Once they deign to talk to the man, the fun continues - until they happen to ask his name:
Colonel Chabert is the story of one such crime. All the action is driven by a single, excruciating maneuver. Countess Ferraud has recognized her husband, though she denies it.
Chabert, a former war hero and a man of integrity, finds that there is no place for him in France’s new society, which is ruled by greed, selfishness and injustice, and is callously manipulated by his conniving ex-wife.
