Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850 creator Vuorinen, Huvi 1883-1965 text utu 2016 monographic fi 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Eversti Chabert" by Honoré de Balzac is a novella published in 1832. A French cavalry officer, believed killed at the Battle of Eylau, miraculously survives his burial and returns to Paris years later. He discovers his wife has remarried into high society and claimed his fortune as inheritance. Desperate to reclaim his identity and wealth, Chabert hires a lawyer to fight for what was stolen. Balzac contrasts Napoleonic values of honor with Restoration society's obsession with money and social rank in this tragic tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Chabert_(novella) Release date is 2016-08-28 Produced by Tapio Riikonen Original publication data not identified Historical fiction France -- Fiction Legal stories French fiction -- Translations into Finnish Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Veterans -- Fiction Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- France -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52918 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52918 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134223.0 52918