Le Colonel Chabert

La Comédie Humaine #24

by Honoré de Balzac

Le Colonel Chabert est supposé avoir été tué sur le champ d'honneur dans l'une des batailles de Napoléon. Laissé pour mort sur ​​le champ de bataille d'Eylau et ayant perdu sa mémoire, il a passé un an dans un asile. Le roman commence quand il revient à Paris, à la vie qu'il avait laisse derrière lui, seulement pour découvrir que, en son absence, sa vie - sa famille, sa société, son identité - a changé. Napoléon est déposée, l'aristocratie est revenu au pouvoir, comme si la révolution ne s'était jamais produit. Sa femme, croyant qu'il était mort, s'est remariée avec un aristocrate. Horrifié car elle prétend qu'elle ne le reconnaît pas, et rendu malade par une société qui ne reconnaît pas ses mérites antérieurs, Chabert fait la promesse de regagner son argent et sa réputation.

Genres: Classics, France, Fiction, French Literature, 19th Century, School, Literature

208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1832

About the author

French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine .

Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays. After the fall of Napoléon in 1815, his magnum opus, a sequence of almost a hundred novels and plays, entitled, presents life in the years.

Due to keen observation of fine detail and unfiltered representation, European literature regards Balzac. He features renowned multifaceted, even complex, morally ambiguous, full lesser characters. Character well imbues inanimate objects; the city of Paris, a backdrop, takes on many qualities. He influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles John Huffam Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, and Jack Kerouac as well as important philosophers, such as Friedrich Engels. Many works of Balzac, made into films, continue to inspire.

An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac adapted with trouble to the teaching style of his grammar. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. Balzac finished, and people then apprenticed him as a legal clerk, but after wearying of banal routine, he turned his back on law. He attempted a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician before and during his career. He failed in these efforts From his own experience, he reflects life difficulties and includes scenes.

Possibly due to his intense schedule and from health problems, Balzac suffered throughout his life. Financial and personal drama often strained his relationship with his family, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; five months later, he passed away.

Reviews

[Žydrūnas Jonušas]

Seniai beturėjau tą tokį vaikystės jausmą, kada sunku atsitraukti nuo kūrinio ir negali padėti knygos iš rankų. Atrodo, nu dar puslapiuką, nu pastraipą vieną :) labai gražus ir vėlgi pasakojimiškas Balzaco auksiukas. Toks tikras epas - pasakojimas, kuriam net ne itin svarbu kaip tie veiksmai vystosi, o svarbu, kad jie yra ir seka vienas kitą labai greitai. Skaitant šį kūrinį man prieš akis stovėjo kūrinio ekranizacija (kurios, kiek žinau, nėra, bet tikrai tikrai galėtų būti, ir filmas turėtų didžiulį pasisekimą, aišku atsižvelgiant į atitinkamus aktorius kiekvienam personažui ir visa kita). Žodžiu, nesudėtingas, bet labai vaizdingas ir originalus pasakojimas apie kareivį prisikėlusį iš numirusių (nieko antgamtiška nėra, nors skamba įspūdingai :))
Rekomenduoju išsiilgusiems Balzako ir balzakiško pasaulio :)