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Colonel Chabert is a novel written by Honore De Balzac, first published in 1832. The book tells the story of a French soldier, Colonel Chabert, who is presumed dead after being severely wounded in battle during the Napoleonic Wars. However, after surviving his injuries, Chabert returns to Paris years later…
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The uncanny and dispassionate insight into the affairs and turmoils of the human soul by one of the greats, at the high point of the great era of novel.
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