Cousin Bette
“Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,” wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette is the story of a Vosges peasant who rebels against her scornful upper-class relatives, skillfully...
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“Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,” wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette is the story of a Vosges peasant who rebels against her scornful upper-class relatives, skillfully turning their selfish obsessions against them. The novel exemplifies what Henry James described as Balzac’s “huge, all-compassing, all-desiring, all-devouring love of reality.”
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375759079 (0375759077)
ASIN: 375759077
Publish date: February 12th 2002
Publisher: Modern Library
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Drama,
19th Century,
France,
French Literature
Series: Poor Relations
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- James Waring, Translator- Unabridged- 12 Tapes = 17 Hrs. 30 Mins- Blackstone Audiobooks- January 2000BLURB - “Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,” wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, Cousin B...
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