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1832 novella by Honoré de Balzac

Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novella by French novelist and playwrightHonoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), which depicts and parodies French society in the period of the Restoration (1815–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848).

This novella, originally published in Le Constitutionnel, was adapted for six different motion pictures, including two silent films.

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Plot summary

Colonel Chabert marries Rose Chapotel, a prostitute. Colonel Chabert then becomes a French cavalryofficer 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 himself from his own grave is nursed back to health by local peasants.

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