# Colonel Chabert — Shorts from Scenes from Private Life character guide

> Colonel Chabert in Shorts from Scenes from Private Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Chabert, poor Chabert, the Colonel, the said Chabert, Hyacinthe Comte Chabert

**First appearance:** 0018-colonel-chabert

## Who they are

A presumed-dead Napoleonic colonel fighting to reclaim his identity.

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