Cousin Bette: Part One of 'Poor Relations' - Softcover

Balzac, Honoré De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140268219 ISBN 13: 9780140268218

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

Written in 1846 at the height of Balzac's literary powers, this novel portrays the stunningly malevolent Cousin Bette and her intricate plans for revenge against the wealthy relatives on whom she depends and whose condescension she bitterly resents. This is the official hardcover tie-in to the upcoming major motion picture from Fox Searchlight, starring Jessica Lange.

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About the Author

The son of a civil servant, Honoré de Balzac was born in 1799 in Tours, France. After attending boarding school in Vendôme, he gravitated to Paris where he worked as a legal clerk and a hack writer, using various pseudonyms, often in collaboration with other writers. Balzac turned exclusively to fiction at the age of thirty and went on to write a large number of novels and short stories set amid turbulent nineteenth-century France. He entitled his collective works The Human Comedy. Along with Victor Hugo and Dumas père and fils, Balzac was one of the pillars of French romantic literature. He died in 1850, shortly after his marriage to the Polish countess Evelina Hanska, his lover of eighteen years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140268219
• ISBN 13: 9780140268218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448