Poor Relations - 1: Cousin Bette
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Set in early nineteenth-century Paris, Cousin Bette is the sexy yet compassionate story of the exploits of aritocratic Hulot family and their poor but honorable cousin. Baroness Adeline Hulot's dying wish is that her sister, Bette, take care of her husband, Baron Hector Hulot, and her children. The saintly Adeline is unaware, however, of the resentment that the always disregarded Betty harbors against her. When Baron Hulot rapidly depletes the family fortune on his mistresses and his beautiful daughter marries the penniless young sculptor whom Betty secretly loves, her bitterness becomes unbearable. Betty is determined to receive her just reward, even if she must wrestle fate in order to do it.(movie tie-in)
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Poor Relations - 1: Cousin Bette, Honoré de Balzac, Marion Ayton Crawford
- Language
- Released
- 1998
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €10.49
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- Title
- Poor Relations - 1: Cousin Bette
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 443
- ISBN10
- 0140268219
- ISBN13
- 9780140268218
- Series
- Tags
- France, 19th century, French Literature, Paris
- Description
- Set in early nineteenth-century Paris, Cousin Bette is the sexy yet compassionate story of the exploits of aritocratic Hulot family and their poor but honorable cousin. Baroness Adeline Hulot's dying wish is that her sister, Bette, take care of her husband, Baron Hector Hulot, and her children. The saintly Adeline is unaware, however, of the resentment that the always disregarded Betty harbors against her. When Baron Hulot rapidly depletes the family fortune on his mistresses and his beautiful daughter marries the penniless young sculptor whom Betty secretly loves, her bitterness becomes unbearable. Betty is determined to receive her just reward, even if she must wrestle fate in order to do it.(movie tie-in)