Cousin Bette

Honoré de Balzac, Kathleen Raine, Francine Prose

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French

Random House USA Inc
15 February 2002

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

""Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,"" wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac's La Comedie Humaine, Cousin Bette 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's ""huge, all-compassing, all-desiring, all-devouring love of reality.""

By: Honoré de Balzac
Introduction by: Francine Prose
Translated by: Kathleen Raine
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 393g
ISBN: 9780375759079
ISBN 10: 0375759077
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 15 February 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kathleen Raine, the renowned British translator, poet, critic, and editor, was recently awarded the distinguished title of Comman-deur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Francine Prose's most recent novel, Blue Angel, was a 2000 National Book Award finalist. A contributing editor at Harper's magazine, she writes for many publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Reviews for Cousin Bette

Raine's translations restore Balzac to his passionate and efficient outrage upon the expectations of fiction. This best of his novels is worthy to be 'ours'--and now it is. --Richard Howard Raine s translations restore Balzac to his passionate and efficient outrage upon the expectations of fiction. This best of his novels is worthy to be ours and now it is. Richard Howard