Le Médecin de campagne

Le Médecin de campagne (The Country Doctor) is an 1833 novel by Honoré de Balzac. The second in his Scène de la vie de campagne series, it addresses the author's preoccupations with social organisation, political power and religion, though Balzac's own political principles were not those of the character Dr Benassis.[1] None of the characters appear elsewhere in La Comédie humaine.

Le Médecin de campagne
The Battle of Dresden, one of the tales told by Goguelat
AuthorHonoré de Balzac
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SeriesLa Comédie humaine
Publication date
1833

The heart of the third part of the book is made up of tales told during a vigil in a barn by Guoguelat, a former soldier in the armies of Napoleon. This section uses material that Balzac had gathered for a planned work, Les Batailles napoléoniennes, which he began but never finished.

Synopsis

In 1829 Commander Genestas arrives in a village in the Dauphiné, where he meets Dr Benassis, who has transformed the miserable settlement into a small but prosperous town in only ten years. Each of the two men has a secret, which is revealed only at the end of the book.

Notes and references
  1. André Wurmser, La comédie inhumaine


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