La Cousine Bette is an 1846 novel by French author Honor de Balzac.
He sacrifices his family\'s fortune and good name to please Val rie, who leaves him for a tradesman named Crevel..
One of these is Baron Hector Hulot, husband to Bette\'s Cousin Adeline.
Bette works with Val rie Marneffe, an unhappily married young lady, to seduce and torment a series of men.
Set in mid-19th century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family.
La Cousine Bette is an 1846 novel by French author Honor de Balzac