Name: The Chouans
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Author: Honoré De Balzac
ISBN: 9789358016451

Type

Physical Book

Author

Honoré De Balzac

Publisher

Double 9 Books

Language

English

Pages

250

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.4 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9789358016451

Synopsis "The Chouans"

"The Chouans" is a historical novel by Honore de Balzac set during the French Revolution. The novel follows the story of a young man named Marie de Verneuil, who is sent by the French government to the province of Brittany to track down and capture a group of rebels known as the Chouans. While in Brittany, Marie falls in love with one of the Chouan leaders, the handsome and charismatic Count de Bauvan. Despite her growing feelings for him, Marie remains loyal to her mission and continues to work to capture the Chouans. As the novel progresses, Marie becomes caught up in the political and personal conflicts of the Chouans and their struggle against the French government. The novel explores themes of loyalty, love, betrayal, and the human cost of political conflict. Balzac's vivid descriptions of the rugged landscape of Brittany and the lives of its inhabitants bring the historical setting to life. The novel also features complex and memorable characters, including the cunning and ruthless Charette, the loyal and brave Galope-Chopine, and the conflicted and passionate Marie de Verneuil. Overall, "The Chouans" is a gripping and immersive novel that explores the human drama and political turmoil of a critical moment in French history.

Honoré De Balzac

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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1851), novelist, playwright, literary and art critic, essayist, journalist, and French printer, is considered one of the great writers of realism. Born in Tours, in 1814 he moved to Paris, where he studied law and began working in a law firm, but his love for literature drove him to abandon his career and dedicate himself to writing. He undertook several businesses, which ended in failure and left him in debt. With The Last Chouan (1829), he achieved great success. From then on, he began a feverish activity, writing, among others, The Physiology of Marriage (1829) and The Wild Ass's Skin (1831), with which he began to consolidate his prestige. In 1834, Balzac, a tireless worker, conceived the idea of making an exhaustive portrait of French society of his time by having the same characters appear in different stories, which began to give his work a unitary sense under the title of The Human Comedy, to which belong titles such as Eugénie Grandet (1833), Father Goriot (1835), Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (1838-1847) or Cousin Bette (1846), although of the 137 novels that were to make it up, fifty remained incomplete. An extraordinary writer, capable of deploying in his works sublime reflections and ideas, creating an interesting story with strong social criticism through exquisite prose of great poetic level and philosophical depth, Balzac is considered the founder of the modern novel.

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