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An edition of La cousine Bette (1846)

La cousine Bette.

Nouv. éd.
  • 3 Want to read

Set at the time of the July Monarchy this book tells the story of how the dowdy and scorned Cousin Bette brings to its knees the family of the rich libertine Baron Hulot d'Ervy and his beautiful but sanctimonious wife Adeline.
Full of fascinating but believable characters the book explores the world of the Paris of the 1830s and 40s from the commercial to the artistic; from the now-fading aristocracy of the Napoleonic era to the intellectual world of sculptors and stage singers. This is the sort of book Dickens might have written had be been allowed the scope to explore the sexual themes and the world of the demi-monde. Many of the characters are based on people Balzac knew, including the writer himself, and right up to the last page there is dry wit and irony serving as a critique of the Paris of Louis-Philippe and the morals of the day.
Like a lot of Balzac's work, the book is studded with references to classical French literature and to obscure figues in French history, much of which may be lost on the average English reader. Nevertheless the book is worth reading in its original French provided that it is done slowly and methodically.

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Language
French
Pages
412

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Cover of: La cousine Bette
La cousine Bette
2005, eBooksLib
eBook in French
Cover of: La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette
March 14, 2001, Adamant Media Corporation
Paperback in French
Cover of: La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette
October 1, 1991, French & European Publications Inc
Paperback
Cover of: Tante Lisbeth
Tante Lisbeth: Roman
1987, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag Leipzig und Weimar
Paperback
Cover of: La\Cousine Bette
La\Cousine Bette
October 1, 1984, French & European Publications Inc
Paperback
Cover of: La\Cousine Bette
La\Cousine Bette
October 1, 1984, French & European Publications Inc
Paperback
Cover of: La cousine Bette
La cousine Bette
1977, Garnier-Flammarion
in French
Cover of: La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette
1977, Garnier-Flammarion
in French
Cover of: La Cousine Bette.
La Cousine Bette.: [Introduction de Roger Pierrot]
1972, Le livre de Poche]
in French
Cover of: La cousine Bette.
La cousine Bette.
1972, Le Livre de poche
in French
Cover of: La Cousine Bette
Cover of: La cousine Bette.
La cousine Bette.
1966, Garnier
in French - Éd. illustrée]
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La cousine Bette.
1965, Éditions Garnier frères
in French
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La cousine Bette.
1962, Éditions Garnier frères
in French
Cover of: La Cousine Bette.
Cover of: La Cousine Bette.
Cover of: La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette
1959, Club du meilleur livre
in French
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La cousine Bette.
1959, Garnier Freres
in English
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La cousine Bette: extraits
1952, Librairie Larousse
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La cousine Bette
1948, Bordas
in French - Édition illustré / annotée par M. Ferrière. --
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Cover of: La cousine Bette.
La cousine Bette.
1946, Editions Penguin
in French
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Cover of: La Cousine Bette.
La Cousine Bette.
1928, Nelson
in French
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La cousine Bette.: Une gravure hors texte.
1908, Bibliothèque Larousse
in French
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La cousine Bette.
1891, C. Lévy
in French
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La cousine Bette.
1891, C. Lévy
in French
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La cousine Bette.
1874, Michel Lévy frères [etc.]
in French - Nouv. éd.
Cover of: La cousine Bette [scènes de la vie parisienne]
Cover of: La cousine Bette [scènes de la vie parisienne]
Cover of: La cousine Bette.
La cousine Bette.
Publish date unknown, Livre de poche
in English
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La Cousine Bette
Publish date unknown, n/a
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Edition Notes

At head of title: H. de Balzac ... Scènes de la vie parisienne. Les parents pauvres.

Published in
Paris
Series
His Œuvres complètes

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ2165 .C5 1874

The Physical Object

Pagination
3 p. l., [3]-412 p.
Number of pages
412

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6443069M
Internet Archive
lacousinebette01balz
LCCN
42033001
OCLC/WorldCat
5808833
Library Thing
82991

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