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La Cousine Bette (French pronunciation: [la kuzin bɛt], Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family.
- HonorÃe de Balzac
- 1846
Jun 12, 1998 · Cousin Bette: Directed by Des McAnuff. With Geraldine Chaplin, John Benfield, Hugh Laurie, Jessica Lange. When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Des McAnuff
- 1998-06-12
Cousin Bette is a 1998 British–American comedy-drama film starring Jessica Lange in the title role and is loosely based on the novel of the same name by the French author Honoré de Balzac. [1] Plot. The wealthy Hulot family gathers at the deathbed of their matron Adeline ( Geraldine Chaplin ).
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Cousin Bette, novel by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1846 as La Cousine Bette. The novel, part of Balzac’s epic series La Comèdie humaine ( The Human Comedy ), is considered one of his two final masterpieces. Thematically a testament to female vindictiveness, Cousin Bette recounts the story of Lisbeth Fischer, an embittered, unmarried ...
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Cousin Bette is a gripping tale of violent jealousy, sexual passion and treachery, and a brilliant portrayal of the grasping, bourgeois society of 1840's Paris. The culmination of the Comedie humaine, Balzac's epic chronicle of his times, it is one of his greatest triumphs as a novelist.
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Synopsis. Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation.
Nov 30, 2014 · Cousin Bette Trailer 1998. Video Detective. 134K subscribers. Subscribed. 165. 39K views 9 years ago. Cousin Bette Trailer 1998 Director: Des McAnuff Starring: Bob Hoskins, Elisabeth Shue,...
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