Project Gutenberg 2018-11-06 Public domain in the USA. 293 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) La Comédie humaine - Volume 10. Scènes de la vie parisienne - Tome 02 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Com%C3%A9die_humaine Le Colonel Chabert -- Facino Cane -- La Messe de l'athée -- Sarrasine -- L'Interdiction -- Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau. Produced by Claudine Corbasson, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "La Comédie humaine - Volume 10. Scènes de la vie parisienne - Tome 02" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in the mid-19th century. This volume includes several tales, with a primary focus on the character Colonel Chabert and his struggles following his return from presumed death after a battle. The narrative delves into themes of identity, societal struggles, and the irony of a soldier's fate in a world that has moved on without him. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a busy office where clerks engage in playful banter and conduct legal business typical of Parisian life. Colonel Chabert, having survived being declared dead in battle, attempts to reclaim his former life and fortune that have been unjustly usurped by his wife, now married to another man. The opening portrays his desperate situation—as he faces disbelief and mockery from the clerks when trying to assert his identity. His encounter with the young lawyer Derville marks the beginning of a complex legal battle that involves themes of status, recognition, and the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1206896 2025-07-23T08:13:34.777272 text/html 1205305 2018-11-06T15:56:22 text/html 2618428 2025-07-23T08:13:47.543226 application/epub+zip 2636140 2025-07-23T08:13:36.994252 application/epub+zip 532687 2025-07-23T08:13:35.841236 application/epub+zip 2925780 2025-07-23T08:13:55.950160 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2867142 2025-07-23T08:13:46.246234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 773602 2022-09-26T11:42:27.046353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1145903 2025-07-23T08:13:33.641281 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1145952 2018-11-06T15:56:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19353 2025-07-23T08:13:56.104140 application/rdf+xml 7309 2025-07-23T08:13:35.954255 image/jpeg 1881 2025-07-23T08:13:35.897247 image/jpeg 431665 2018-11-06T15:56:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 2518237 2018-11-06T15:56:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 2608410 2025-07-23T08:13:34.936243 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia