Plot Overview

Chocolat is a novel of a dormant village's awakening to joy and adventure. In isolated Lansquenet, where nothing has changed in hundreds of years, Vianne Rocher and her chocolatrie arrive and instantly begin to wreak havoc to the Lenten vows. Each box comes with a free gift, implementing her shrewd business-woman nature. She uses her 'powers' to read customer's mind and give them what they please. Does that make her a witch? Soon, her Black Man, Reynaud, no longer cares, abandoning himself to temptation, happiness, and a dramatic face-off between Lenten vows and chocolate temptations.