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Author Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
Title La Comédie humaine - Volume 13. Scènes de la vie militaire et Scènes de la vie de campagne
Original Publication France: Madame veuve Alexandre Houssiaux, 1868.
Note Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents Scènes de la vie militaire: Les Chouans. Une passion dans le désert -- Scènes de la vie de campagne: Le médecin de campagne. Le curé de village.
Credits Claudine Corbasson, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Summary "La Comédie humaine - Volume 13: Scènes de la vie militaire" par Honoré de Balzac est une œuvre de fiction écrite au cours du 19e siècle, qui fait partie d'une vaste série de récits explorant la société française de l'époque. Ce volume, comme son titre l'indique, se concentre sur les expériences militaires et les interactions sociales au sein de ce contexte, mettant en lumière les conflits internes et externes durant une période troublée. The opening of this volume introduces readers to a group of conscripts and soldiers as they traverse the rugged terrain of Brittany in 1799. Balzac paints a vivid picture of the diverse costumes and attitudes of the characters, hinting at a brewing tension between the republican soldiers and the Chouans—royalist rebels against the French Republic. Commandant Hulot, the central military figure, is depicted as astute and wary, sensing that the assembly of peasants may mask a secret motive. This tension escalates into conflict as the Chouans prepare for an ambush, revealing the grim realities of civil war and the complexities of loyalty, identity, and societal strife that underlie the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
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