by Honoré de Balzac · Presse Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266083294
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«Les Chouans» is the historical novel by Honoré de Balzac, published by Presse Pocket in paperback (420 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Brittany in 1799, during the French Revolution, and pits republicans against the royalist rebels known as Chouans. Balzac combines political intrigue, divided loyalties and a love story in a climate of civil war, with characters torn between passion and duty.
Volume 62 of Balzac's La Comédie Humaine. The cover indicates «texte intégral» and keys to the work; includes preface and commentary by Pierre-Louis Rey.
For readers with a command of French who enjoy European historical fiction and the period of the French Revolution.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
