Honoré de Balzac
1) Cousin Bette
Author
Series
The Human Comedy volume 18
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Bette, a poor relation of the beautiful Adeline, nurses a terrible grudge against her cousin's family, on whom she depends. That family is slowly being ruined by the uncontrollable sexual appetites of Adeline's husband, Baron Hulot—and it is this weakness that will give the cunning Cousin Bette an opportunity to exact her vengeance.
A profound examination of obsessive passion, this masterpiece exemplifies what Henry James described
...Author
Language
English
Description
Step back in history through the eyes of one of the masters of European realism. This keenly observed and utterly absorbing account of the period after Napoleon Bonaparte fell from power in nineteenth-century France is both an interesting historical document and an engrossing mystery.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
An aspiring poet joins a cynical team of journalists in nineteenth-century Paris. When he agrees to write rave reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience, and soon discovers that the written word can be an instrument of both beauty and deceit.
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Los cuentos de terror nos han acompañado desde la noche de los tiempos. Con el paso de los años, el cuento de miedo creó arquetipos y forjó un lenguaje narrativo común que desembocó en la auténtica edad de oro del género que fue el siglo XIX. Tuvieron que llegar grandes maestros como H. P. Lovecraft para que el paradigma cambiase, pero el fondo siempre era el mismo: el miedo a lo desconocido. En esta selección encontramos 18 relatos, testimonios...
