The book "Полковник Шабер" — Оноре де БальзакПолковник Шабер. Книга для чтения на французском языке предназначена для студентов языковых вузов, учащихся 11 классов школ с углубленным изучением французского языка, а также для широкого круга читателей, интересующихся французской литературой. Книга снабжена лингвострановедческим комментарием и кратким франко-русским словарем. Комментарии к тексту приводятся в конце книг.
A vital part of Balzac's Comedie Humaine, this novel recounts the story of a disenfranchised hero of the Napoleonic wars. Left for dead on the battlefield of Eylau, Colonel Chabert has spent years in an asylum as an amnesiac. The novel begins as he returns to the life he left behind; only to discover that, in his absence, his entire life - family, society, identity - has changed. With Napoleon deposed, France's aristocracy has returned to power as if the Revolution never occurred; and believing Chabert to be dead, his wife is now married to a count. Sickened by her pretence not to recognize him and by the titled society that spurns his former meritorious deeds, Chabert vows to recover both his money and his reputation. | 
