| Record Number |
836402 |
| ISBN |
9780199553945 (paperback) |
| Author |
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 author. |
| Title |
Cousin Bette / Honoré de Balzac ; translated with notes by Sylvia Raphael with an introduction by David Bellos. |
| Publisher/Date |
Harmondsworth, England : Penguin Books, 2008. |
| ©1992 |
| Pagination etc. |
xxv, 490 pages : maps ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) |
| Contents note |
Originally published in France in 1846. This English translation originally published in 1992. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary Note |
Lisbeth Fisher (Bette) concocts a devilish plan to take revenge on her condescending family, turning their own shortcomings against them. She has been repeatedly passed over in favour of her more beautiful cousin, Adeline Hulot. But when another member of the family marries one of Bette's former lovers, a jealous Bette attempts to manipulate the people and circumstances around her to bring down the whole Hulot clan. |
| Language note |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Women -- France -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Single women -- Fiction |
| Jealousy -- Fiction |
| Revenge -- Fiction |
| French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Psychological fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Added Author |
Raphael, Sylvia translator,
writer of notes. |
| Bellos, David writer of introduction. |
| Shelf Location |
F BALZ |
