La Cousine Bette

AuthorHonoré de Balzac
GenreFiction, Novel
Original LanguageFrench
First published1846
LinksFrench · English
NotesLa Cousine Bette (English: Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by Honoré de Balzac, it is part of Les parents pauvres in Scènes de la vie parisienne in Études de mœurs of La Comédie humaine. Set in mid-19th century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family.
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