Works Originally Published in French Newspapers - Works Originally Published in Journal Des Debats (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Works originally published in Journal des debats, Works originally published in L'Echo de Paris, Works originally published in Le Constitutionnel, Works originally published in Le Figaro, Works originally published in Le Gaulois, Works originally published in Le Siecle, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Phantom of the Opera, Son Excellence Eugene Rougon, Cousin Bette, The Three Musketeers, Monsieur Lecoq, Le Juif errant, Le Cousin Pons, Memoires de deux jeunes mariees, Pot-Bouille, The Diary of a Chambermaid, Modeste Mignon, The Mysteries of Paris, Futurist Manifesto, Cesar Birotteau, Le Colonel Chabert, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, Spirou et les hommes-bulles, The Necklace, Tembo Tabou, Frritt-Flacc, La-Bas, Les Mysteres de Marseille, Odes et Ballades, Maigret et l'homme du banc, The Cathedral, Neither Victims Nor Executioners. Excerpt: La Cousine Bette (French pronunciation: , Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honore 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. Bette works with Valerie Marneffe, an unhappily married young lady, to seduce and torment a series of men. One of these is Baron Hector Hulot, husband to Bette's cousin Adeline. He sacrifices his family's fortune and good name to please Valerie, who leaves him for a tradesman named Crevel. The book is part of the Scenes de la vie parisienne section of Balzac's novel sequence La Comedie humaine ("The Human Comedy"). In the 1840s, a serial format known as the roman-feuilleton was highly popular in France, and the most acclaimed expression of it was the socialist writing of Eugene Sue. Balzac wanted to challenge Sue's supremacy, and prove himself the most capable feuilleton author in France. Writing quickly and with intense focus, Balzac produced La ...