EAN: 9780786118205

The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel´s title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge against the family o… More...

The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel´s title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge against the family of her beautiful cousin, Adeline. That family is slowly being ruined by the uncontrollable sexual appetites of Adeline´s husband, Baron Hulot - appetites that will, in time, give Cousin Bette opportunity to exact her vengeance. Balzac described Cousin Bette as one of his ´´scenes of Parisian life´´, and it is certainly that. It offers us a hypnotic vision of that infinitely varied city during the bright, vital, scandalous, and sexually untrammeled era of King Louis-Philippe. The courtesans, swindlers, bankers, artists, murderers, detectives, and saints populating this world pass before us invested with a verve and vividness unsurpassed in the history of the novel. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Johanna Ward. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001939/bk_blak_001939_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax. The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel´s title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge.... English - Classics, Blackstone Audio, Inc.<

EAN: 9780786118205

The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel´s title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge against the family o… More...

The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel´s title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge against the family of her beautiful cousin, Adeline. That family is slowly being ruined by the uncontrollable sexual appetites of Adeline´s husband, Baron Hulot - appetites that will, in time, give Cousin Bette opportunity to exact her vengeance. Balzac described Cousin Bette as one of his ´´scenes of Parisian life´´, and it is certainly that. It offers us a hypnotic vision of that infinitely varied city during the bright, vital, scandalous, and sexually untrammeled era of King Louis-Philippe. The courtesans, swindlers, bankers, artists, murderers, detectives, and saints populating this world pass before us invested with a verve and vividness unsurpassed in the history of the novel. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Johanna Ward. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001939/bk_blak_001939_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax. The Bette referred to in this magnificent novel´s title is Lisbeth Fischer, an excruciatingly cunning poor relation who both depends upon and nurses a terrible grudge.... Sonstige, Blackstone Audio, Inc.<

2000, ISBN: 0786118202

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