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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From the Back Cover:
“Raine’s translations restore Balzac to his passionate and efficient outrage upon the expectations of fiction. This best of his novels is worthy to be ‘ours’—and now it is.” —Richard Howard
From the Hardcover edition.
From the Inside Flap:
Introduction by Michael Tilby; Translatoin by James Waring
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140268219
- ISBN 13 9780140268218
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages443
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