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Cousin Bette / trans. from french by Sylvia Raphael ; with an introduction by David Bellos

By:

Balzac, Honore de, (1799-1850)

Contributor(s):

Raphael, Sylvia

Series: World´s classicsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1998, c1958.Description: xxv, 490 p. : map ; 19 cmISBN:

9780192836687

Subject(s):

France -- -Social life and customs -- -19th century -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

FIC BAL

Abstract: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		062566

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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.

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