Ebook {Epub PDF} Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac

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.”Cited by: Cousin Bette is not one of Balzac's best, but it is very good. The author says it is a companion piece to Cousin Pons, which is a better novel in my view. But both books pale in comparison to Lost Illusions, which I regard as Balzac's best novel -- just ahead of Peré Goriot/5(70).  · La Cousine Bette = Cousin Bette, Honoré de Balzac Story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Cousin Bette is considered Balzac's last great work. His trademark use of realist detail combines with a /5.

Cousin Bette - Honore de Balzac. Cousin Bette is the story of a scorned woman and her terrible revenge. Lisbeth Fischer, cousin Bette, is a poor relation. She grew up in the country was always jealous of her beautiful, virtuous cousin, Adeline. When Adeline marries Baron Hector Hulot moves to Paris, Bette also goes to Paris, to work as an. LibriVox recording of Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac. (Translated by Ellen Marriage.) Read in English by Bruce Pirie. Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette), published in serial format in as part of his long novel series titled La Comédie Humaine, was one of the last and greatest of Balzac's works. Cousin Bette, by Honoré de Balzac I really like this bookcover that Penguin have chosen for Cousin Bette (a.k.a. Cousin Betty) because it's perfect for the resentful Poor Relations theme of the story. I really don't think there's much point in me writing a review of Cousin Bette.

Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac, or La Cousine Bette in French, was written and published in The novel takes place in the mid-nineteenth century and is about a woman named Bette, who lives in Paris and plots the destruction of her extended family. The first third of the book is devoted to the history of the main characters. La Cousine Bette = Cousin Bette, Honoré de Balzac Story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Cousin Bette is considered Balzac's last great work. His trademark use of realist detail combines with a panorama of characters returning from earlier novels. Cousin Bette is not one of Balzac's best, but it is very good. The author says it is a companion piece to Cousin Pons, which is a better novel in my view. But both books pale in comparison to Lost Illusions, which I regard as Balzac's best novel -- just ahead of Peré Goriot.