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Derville.
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Four years.
Four years―whyhow old are you!he?
saidanotheroldpauperwhowaslookingon."Why
therearedayswhenyouhadbetternottreadonhiscorns.Heisanold
roguefullofphilosophyandimagination.Butto-daywhatcanyouex-
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as1820.AtthattimeaPrussianofficerwhosechaisewascrawlingup
57
Colonel Chabert
BalzacHonoré de
(Translator: Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell)
Published:
1832
Type(s):
Short Fiction
Source:
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About Balzac:
HonorédeBalzac(May201799–August181850)bornHonoré
Balzacwasanineteenth-centuryFrenchnovelistandplaywright.His
workmuchofwhichisasequence(orRoman-fleuve)ofalmost100nov-
elsandplayscollectivelyentitledLaComédiehumaineisabroadoften
satiricalpanoramaofFrenchsocietyparticularlythepetitebourgeoisie
intheyearsafterthefallofNapoléonBonapartein1815—namelythe
periodoftheRestoration(1815–1830)andtheJulyMonarchy
(1830–1848).AlongwithGustaveFlaubert(whoseworkheinfluenced)
BalzacisgenerallyregardedasafoundingfatherofrealisminEuropean
literature.Balzac'snovelsmostofwhicharefarcicalcomediesfeaturea
largecastofwell-definedcharactersanddescriptionsinexquisitedetail
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