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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 · Based on Honoré de Balzac's novel, the film follows Bette, a poor and bitter seamstress who plots to ruin her wealthy niece and her lover. Starring Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins and Hugh Laurie, directed by Des McAnuff.
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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.
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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- Paperback
Jun 12, 1998 · A social satire of 19th-century Paris, where a spinster named Cousin Bette (Jessica Lange) schemes to get revenge on her wealthy relatives and lovers. The film is based on Balzac's novel and directed by Des McAnuff, with a modern look and pace.
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.
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Cousin Bette: With Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells. A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
