num_pages: 242
description: A timeless novel of the small French village of Lansquenet's awakening to joy and sensuality tells the story of how bewitching newcomer Vianne Rocher and her chocolate shop arrive and begin to play havoc with everyone's Lenten vows. A first novel. 22,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Chocolat
titlecomplete: Chocolat
characters: Roux, Luc Clairmont, Guillaume Duplessis, Anouk Rocher, Caro Clairmont, Armande Voizin, Francis Reynaud, Paul-Marie Muscat, Vianne Rocher, Josephine Bonnet
genres: Fantasy, Adult, Magical Realism, Food, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, Chick Lit, France
ratings_count: 124016
places: Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, France
series: Chocolat
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Creative Freedom Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Whittaker Gold Award
publisher: Viking Adult