Comtesse Ferraud

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fictional character literary character noblewoman

Comtesse Ferraud is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Colonel Chabert," known as the colonel’s estranged wife who has remarried into high society and becomes embroiled in a legal and moral conflict over his presumed death and unexpected return.

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Label Occurrences
Comtesse Ferraud canonical 3
Comtesse Ferraud-Chabert 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Comtesse Ferraud ⓘ
surface form: Comtesse Ferraud-Chabert

Madame Chabert ⓘ
Madame Ferraud ⓘ
appearsIn Le Colonel Chabert ⓘ
associatedWith critique of Restoration nobility ⓘ
themes of social climbing in La Comédie humaine ⓘ
characterTrait ambitious ⓘ
calculating ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
socially opportunistic ⓘ
conflictType legal conflict ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
createdBy Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1832 ⓘ
genre realist literature ⓘ
inConflictWith Le Colonel Chabert ⓘ
surface form: Colonel Chabert
involvedIn inheritance dispute ⓘ
marital status lawsuit ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
legalStatusInPlot remarried widow ⓘ
literaryMovement French realism ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
motivation preservation of social position ⓘ
protection of wealth and title ⓘ
narrativeRole antagonist to Colonel Chabert ⓘ
central character in legal conflict ⓘ
representative of Restoration aristocracy ⓘ
originalPublicationForm serial publication ⓘ
partOf La Comédie humaine ⓘ
partOfSeries Scènes de la vie privée et publique ⓘ
surface form: Scènes de la vie privée
position member of Parisian high society ⓘ
relatedWork La Comédie humaine ⓘ
setInPeriod Bourbon Restoration ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
spouse Le Colonel Chabert ⓘ
surface form: Colonel Chabert

Comte Ferraud ⓘ
theme conflict between love and interest ⓘ
legal injustice ⓘ
marital betrayal ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
workAuthorNationality French ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Le Colonel Chabert → mainCharacter → Comtesse Ferraud ⓘ
Le Colonel Chabert → hasCharacter → Comtesse Ferraud ⓘ
Rose Chapotel → alsoKnownAs → Comtesse Ferraud ⓘ
Comtesse Ferraud → alsoKnownAs → Comtesse Ferraud ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comtesse Ferraud-Chabert