"The Count of Chanteleine" (French ''Le Comte de Chanteleine''), also known as ''The Count of Chanteleine: A Tale of the French Revolution'', is a

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

by Jules Verne published in 1864.

Plot

The story is about a nobleman whose wife is murdered during the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

and his fight to save his daughter.

References

1864 short stories Short stories by Jules Verne Novels set in the French Revolution Works by Jules Verne {{story-stub