The Chouans

Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

Les Chouans 

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every story. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the iPad, Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

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(English: The Chouans) is an 1829 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the Scènes de la vie militaire section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in the French region of Brittany, the novel combines military history with a love story between the aristocratic Marie de Verneuil and the Chouan royalist Alphonse de Montauran. It takes place during the 1799 post-war uprising in Fougères.

Balzac conceived the idea for the novel during a trip to Brittany arranged by a family friend in 1828. Intrigued by the people and atmosphere of the region, he began collecting notes and descriptions for later use. After publishing an Avertissement for the novel, he released three editions – each of them revised significantly. The first novel Balzac published without a pseudonym, he used many titles as he wrote and published, including Le Gars, Les Chouans ou la Bretagne il y a trente ans, and Le Dernier Chouan ou la Bretagne en 1800.


- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.