Project Gutenberg 2004-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 130 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Wormeley, Katharine Prescott 1830 1908 The Chouans Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger "The Chouans" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in the early 19th century. The book, set against the turbulent backdrop of the French Revolutionary Wars, delves into the conflicts between royalists and republicans, focusing particularly on the group known as the Chouans. It explores the themes of loyalty, identity, and the chaotic struggles for power during this period. The characters include Commandant Hulot, a dedicated republican officer, and Marche-a-Terre, a rugged Chouan who symbolizes the fierce resistance of the royalists. At the start of the narrative, we find a diverse assembly of peasants and citizens traveling to Mayenne, illustrated vividly through detailed descriptions of their distinct costumes and mixed sentiments. Commandant Hulot, leading a detachment of soldiers, is acutely aware of the tensions surrounding them as he senses an impending ambush from the Chouans. The atmosphere is thick with a sense of foreboding, underscored by the group's unease and silence. The opening depicts the careful preparations in anticipation of conflict, highlighting Hulot’s strategic mind amidst the beauty of the Breton landscape, simultaneously foreshadowing the violent clash that is to ensue with the Chouans, which represents the larger societal upheaval of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French fiction -- Translations into English Chouans -- Fiction PQ Text Historical Fiction Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 753338 753347 2024-09-01T11:26:07.109656 2023-10-01T10:22:11.884134 text/html text/html 783217 2021-01-27T16:41:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 259979 2021-01-27T16:41:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 308953 2024-09-01T11:26:15.453590 application/epub+zip 320218 2024-09-01T11:26:08.702672 application/epub+zip 320218 2024-09-01T11:26:07.778642 application/epub+zip 533396 2024-09-01T11:26:20.796586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505722 2024-09-01T11:26:14.834603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505484 2022-09-01T12:54:11.251037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649478 649442 2024-09-01T11:26:05.847652 2023-10-01T10:22:10.733101 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 661133 2016-11-22T07:28:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 248513 2016-11-22T07:30:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 649347 2010-03-05T16:41:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247074 2010-03-05T16:42:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21737 2024-09-01T11:26:21.052559 application/rdf+xml 10964 2024-09-01T11:26:08.135625 image/jpeg 3037 2024-09-01T11:26:07.955630 image/jpeg 303698 2024-09-01T11:26:07.170637 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia