Cousin Bette - (Modern Library Classics) by Honoré de Balzac (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"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 <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's "huge, all-compassing, all-desiring, all-devouring love of reality."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"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." --<b>Richard Howard</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kathleen Raine</b>, 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. <p/><b>Francine Prose's</b> most recent novel, <i>Blue Angel</i>, was a 2000 National Book Award finalist. A contributing editor at <i>Harper's</i> magazine, she writes for many publications, including <i>The New York Times</i> and <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>.
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