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[[Image:Cousin Bette.JPG|right|thumb|175px|Cover of 1965 Penguin Classics edition of ''La Cousine Bette'' (''Cousin Bette'')]] |
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'''''La Cousine Bette''''' (English: '''''Cousin Bette''''') is an [[1846]] novel by [[Honoré de Balzac]]. It |
'''''La Cousine Bette''''' (English: '''''Cousin Bette''''') is an [[1846]] novel by [[Honoré de Balzac]]. It has been adapted for film or television at least four times, including a 1998 movie starring [[Jessica Lange]]. |
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==Plot introduction== |
==Plot introduction== |
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Revision as of 23:20, 10 December 2006
La Cousine Bette (English: Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by Honoré de Balzac. It has been adapted for film or television at least four times, including a 1998 movie starring Jessica Lange.
Plot introduction
It is the story of a poor cousin who seeks, with the help of a prostitute, to ruin the lives of her wealthy relations.
Major characters
- Mlle Elisabeth 'Bette' Fisher
- Valérie Marneffe
- Jenny Cadine
- Cesar Crevel
- Baron Hector Hulot
- Mme la baronne Adeline Hulot
- Count Wenceslas Steinbach
- Hortense Hulot
- Victorin Hulot
- Stidmann
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
There have been at least 4 adaptations for film and television:
- 1927 French film
- Cousin Bette at IMDb
- 1964 French television production adapted by Jean-Louis Bory starring Alice Sapritch as Bette and Claudine Coster as Valerie
- 1971 BBC mini-series adapted by Ray Lawler starring Margaret Tyzack as Bette and Helen Mirren as Valerie; also broadcast on PBS television in 1972
- Cousin Bette at IMDb
- 1998 film adapted by Lynn Siefert starring Jessica Lange as Bette
- Cousin Bette at IMDb
External links
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