Le Colonel Chabert

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French literature literary work novella

Le Colonel Chabert is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that portrays a presumed-dead Napoleonic officer’s struggle to reclaim his identity, honor, and inheritance in post-Imperial French society.

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Colonel Chabert 2
Colonel Chabert is a presumed-dead Napoleonic officer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French literature ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
author Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
belongsTo Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ
characterRole Le Colonel Chabert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colonel Chabert is a presumed-dead Napoleonic officer

Comtesse Ferraud is Chabert's former wife ⓘ
Maître Derville is a lawyer representing Chabert ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts Napoleonic officer ⓘ
post-Imperial French society ⓘ
explores conflict between individual and society ⓘ
corruption of the legal system ⓘ
effects of war on personal identity ⓘ
genre novella ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
theatrical adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter Le Colonel Chabert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colonel Chabert

Comtesse Ferraud ⓘ
Maître Derville ⓘ
Rose Chapotel ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryCycle Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ
literaryMovement realism ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Le Colonel Chabert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colonel Chabert

Comtesse Ferraud ⓘ
Maître Derville ⓘ
Rose Chapotel ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf La Comédie humaine ⓘ
plotSummary A colonel believed dead at the Battle of Eylau returns to reclaim his name, wife, and fortune. ⓘ
publicationForm serial publication ⓘ
series La Comédie humaine ⓘ
settingLocation Paris ⓘ
settingPeriod Restoration France ⓘ
post-Napoleonic era ⓘ
theme bureaucracy ⓘ
class and social status ⓘ
honor ⓘ
identity ⓘ
legal struggle ⓘ
memory ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
workType prose fiction ⓘ
writtenBy Honoré de Balzac ⓘ

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Le Colonel Chabert → characterRole → Le Colonel Chabert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonel Chabert is a presumed-dead Napoleonic officer
Le Colonel Chabert → hasCharacter → Le Colonel Chabert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonel Chabert
La Comédie humaine → hasPart → Le Colonel Chabert ⓘ
subject surface form: La Comédie humaine
Scènes de la vie parisienne → hasPart → Le Colonel Chabert ⓘ
Le Colonel Chabert → mainCharacter → Le Colonel Chabert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonel Chabert
Honoré de Balzac → notableWork → Le Colonel Chabert ⓘ