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 own preoccupation with social organisation, political power and religion, though the reader has to avoid confusing Balzac's political principles with the convictions of Dr Benassis on which critics have often given contrary opinions. Some see the book as giving a sort of 20th century-type liberalism, while others see the premises of socialist thinking or Fourierist tendencies. The book's romantic dimension has to be taken into account, despite quite a thin plot, connecting it with the world of Rousseau with an elegy on nature, peace and poetry. None of its characters appears elsewhere in the La Comédie humaine.
《乡村医生》这部作品中，巴尔扎克塑造了"一些最纯洁的人物"。并着力刻画了一个全心全意为公众服务的医生倍纳西。在偏僻山区落户的倍纳西，当上市镇市长之后，为了改变该区贫困落后的面貌，制订了一个全面规划：因地制宜发展生产，扩大交换，增加市民收入，并切实加以贯彻。后因积劳成疾，以身殉职。小说通过几个人物在爱情婚姻问题上的过失和不幸，生活上所经受的磨难的描写，多方面地表现了当时的社会生活和人物性格。《乡村医生》是《人间喜剧》中的一部，属"乡村生活场景"，读来让人们对生活有了一个重新的认识。
