La Cousine Bette

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literary work novel realist novel

La Cousine Bette is a classic 1846 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays jealousy, revenge, and social ambition within Parisian bourgeois society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
author Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
cycleWithinSeries Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat serial publication ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium newspaper ⓘ
genre psychological novel ⓘ
realism ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Cousin Bette (film, 1971) ⓘ
Cousin Bette (film, 1998) ⓘ
La Cousine Bette (film, 1928) ⓘ
hasCharacter Adeline Hulot ⓘ
Baron Hector Hulot ⓘ
Crevel ⓘ
Baron Hector Hulot ⓘ
surface form: Hortense Hulot

Lisabeth Fischer ⓘ
Valérie Marneffe ⓘ
Baron Hector Hulot ⓘ
surface form: Victorin Hulot
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Adeline Hulot ⓘ
Baron Hector Hulot ⓘ
Crevel ⓘ
Lisabeth Fischer ⓘ
Valérie Marneffe ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor complex characterization of female vengeance ⓘ
detailed depiction of Parisian bourgeois society ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf La Comédie humaine ⓘ
placeOfPublication Paris ⓘ
protagonist Lisabeth Fischer ⓘ
publicationYear 1846 ⓘ
publisher Hippolyte Souverain ⓘ
series La Comédie humaine ⓘ
settingCountry France ⓘ
settingLocation Paris ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
theme bourgeois society ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
financial ruin ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sexual desire ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
workIn French literature canon ⓘ

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La Comédie humaine → hasPart → La Cousine Bette ⓘ
Scènes de la vie parisienne → hasPart → La Cousine Bette ⓘ
Honoré de Balzac → notableWork → La Cousine Bette ⓘ