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9780192826060
Cousin Bette (1846), long considered Balzac's last great novel, is a key work in his Comedie humaine. Grounded in a meticulous documentation of contemporary France, this tale is set in the prosperous Paris of Louis-Phillipe and details a jealous woman's campaign of persecution against her own family. This new translation has an introduction by David Bellos which sets this work in its social, historical, and literary context.Honoré de Balzac is the author of 'Cousin Bette (World's Classics)', published 1992 under ISBN 9780192826060 and ISBN 0192826069.
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