false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529941m/59144.jpg 59144 59 &#8220;Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,&#8221; wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac&#8217;s <i>La Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette</i> is the story of a Vosges peasant who rebels against her scornful upper-class relatives, skillfully turning their selfish obsessions against them. The novel exemplifies what Henry James described as Balzac&#8217;s &#8220;huge, all-compassing, all-desiring, all-devouring love of reality.&#8221; 1028809 book 1965 Cousin Bette (Modern Library Classics) total:584|5:158|4:213|3:138|2:48|1:27| 584 2179 987 62 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:32:09 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:41:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Sep 02 05:21:42 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 05:23:05 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Sat Jun 02 08:11:57 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 22:39:11 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 06:07:02 -0800 2009 Wed May 13 07:01:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 06:11:25 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 06:14:25 -0700 2008
However, upon closer reading (or just reading every line) one quickly realizes that this story is about...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 21:45:45 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 24 15:42:01 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 21:45:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 03 19:02:47 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 19:02:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 06 10:22:49 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 27 13:59:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 17 15:05:18 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 21:41:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 20 11:47:20 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 04 01:15:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:12:55 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:46:14 -0800 2009 1 Old Maid I knew that I had to try more Balzac. I'm so glad that I did - his work is wonderful! Cousin Bette is clever, but not contrived. Balzac's words acknowledge basic human nature and the situation of man in such a way that the moral-lesson aspect of the storyline is ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:53:39 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 16:35:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:21:09 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:24:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Nov 27 01:39:24 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 25 13:31:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 21:48:29 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 17:20:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 04 17:18:12 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 10:50:51 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 08:49:27 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 08:49:27 -0800 2008
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