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Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette - Paperback

by Honor de Balzac
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Availability:In StockContributor:Honor de Balzac, Kathleen Raine (Translator), Francine Prose (Introduction by)Series:Modern Library ClassicsPublish date:2002-02-12Pages:496
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375759079ISBN-10:375759077UPC:9780375759079Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, PsychologicalSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCWXNWJFT6
"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 Com die 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."
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375759079ISBN-10:375759077UPC:9780375759079Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, PsychologicalSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCWXNWJFT6
Kathleen Raine, the renowned British translator, poet, critic, and editor, was recently awarded the distinguished title of Comman-deur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

Francine Prose's most recent novel, Blue Angel, was a 2000 National Book Award finalist. A contributing editor at Harper's magazine, she writes for many publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

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Honor de Balzac, Kathleen Raine (Translator), Francine Prose (Introduction by)

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Honor de Balzac

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