Cousin Bette was Balzac\'s last great novel, and in it he explores power, lust, deception, and revenge.
The novel sequence La Comedie Hu.
About the Author Honore de Balzac (20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright.
She plans and executes a diabolic plot of revenge against her own family for slights more imagined than real, destroying herself in the process.
Cousin Bette is a woman of breath-taking malice.
The characters are complex and vividly drawn.
Cousin Bette was Balzac\'s last great novel, and in it he explores power, lust, deception, and revenge