The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac
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"The Chouans" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1829. Set in Brittany during the 1799 royalist uprising, it weaves military history with a passionate love story between the aristocratic Marie de Verneuil and the royalist leader Alphonse de Montauran. Following Sir Walter Scott's example, Balzac uses France's turbulent post-Revolutionary period as backdrop for a tale exploring love, betrayal, and social conflict. This was the first novel Balzac published under
his own name, marking a turning point in his literary career. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 |
| Title | The Chouans |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Chouans |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Chouans -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1921 |
| Release Date | Jun 27, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 679 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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