Colonel Chabert (novella)
| Author | Honoré de Balzac |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Colonel Chabert |
| Cover artist | Édouard Toudouze |
| Language | French |
| Series | La Comédie humaine |
| Genre | Scènes de la vie privée |
| Publisher | Mame-Delaunay |
Publication date | 1832 |
| Publication place | France |
| Preceded by | Le Père Goriot |
| Followed by | La Messe de l'athée |
Le Colonel Chabert (English: Colonel Chabert) is an 1832 novella by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is included in his series of novels (or Roman-fleuve) known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), which depicts and parodies French society in the period of the Restoration (1815–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848). This novella, originally published in Le Constitutionnel, was adapted for six different motion pictures, including two silent films.