The Chouans
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The Chouans stands as one of Honoré de Balzac's earliest masterpieces and the first novel he chose to include in his monumental La Comédie Humaine series. Set against the turbulent backdrop of post-Revolutionary France in 1799, the novel chronicles the fierce Royalist uprising in the rugged Brittany region, where a band of counter-revolutionary peasants — the Chouans — wage a desperate guerrilla war against the Republican forces of Napoleon's nascent regime. At its heart is a gripping tale of love and betrayal, as the beautiful spy Marie de Verneuil is sent to capture the Chouan leader, the Marquis de Montauran, only to find herself entangled in a passionate and dangerous romance. Balzac masterfully weaves together the personal and the political, presenting a vivid portrait of a France torn apart by ideological conflict, rendered with the psychological depth and social acuity that would come to define his entire literary legacy.
Author: Balzac
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Penguin Classics
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The Chouans stands as one of Honoré de Balzac's earliest masterpieces and the first novel he chose to include in his monumental La Comédie Humaine series. Set against the turbulent backdrop of post-Revolutionary France in 1799, the novel chronicles the fierce Royalist uprising in the rugged Brittany region, where a band of counter-revolutionary peasants — the Chouans — wage a desperate guerrilla war against the Republican forces of Napoleon's nascent regime. At its heart is a gripping tale of love and betrayal, as the beautiful spy Marie de Verneuil is sent to capture the Chouan leader, the Marquis de Montauran, only to find herself entangled in a passionate and dangerous romance. Balzac masterfully weaves together the personal and the political, presenting a vivid portrait of a France torn apart by ideological conflict, rendered with the psychological depth and social acuity that would come to define his entire literary legacy.