Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0375759077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
“Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,” wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette is the story of a Vosges peasant who rebels against her scornful upper-class relatives, skillfully turning their selfish obsessions against them. The novel exemplifies what Henry James described as Balzac’s “huge, all-compassing, all-desiring, all-devouring love of reality.”
Cousin Bette
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0375759077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
“Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,” wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette is the story of a Vosges peasant who rebels against her scornful upper-class relatives, skillfully turning their selfish obsessions against them. The novel exemplifies what Henry James described as Balzac’s “huge, all-compassing, all-desiring, all-devouring love of reality.”
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0375759077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
“Bette is a wronged soul; and when her passion does break, it is, as Balzac says, sublime and terrifying,” wrote V. S. Pritchett. A late masterpiece in Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette is the story of a Vosges peasant who rebels against her scornful upper-class relatives, skillfully turning their selfish obsessions against them. The novel exemplifies what Henry James described as Balzac’s “huge, all-compassing, all-desiring, all-devouring love of reality.”
My Cousin Rachel
Author: Daphne du Maurier
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316252964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Daphne du Maurier's classic novel of lust, suspicion, and obsession that inspired major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin. Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, and Philip grows to love Ambrose's grand estate as much as he does. But the cozy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries a mysterious distant cousin named Rachel -- and there he dies suddenly. Jealous of his marriage, racked by suspicion at the hints in Ambrose's letters, and grief-stricken by his death, Philip prepares to meet his cousin's widow with hatred in his heart. But when she arrives at the estate, Rachel seems to be a different woman from the one described in Ambrose's letters. Beautiful, sophisticated, and magnetic, Philip cannot help but feel drawn to Rachel. And yet, questions still linger: might she have had a hand in Ambrose's death? And how, exactly, did Ambrose die? As Philip pursues the answers to these questions, he realizes that his own fate could hang in the balance.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316252964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Daphne du Maurier's classic novel of lust, suspicion, and obsession that inspired major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin. Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, and Philip grows to love Ambrose's grand estate as much as he does. But the cozy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries a mysterious distant cousin named Rachel -- and there he dies suddenly. Jealous of his marriage, racked by suspicion at the hints in Ambrose's letters, and grief-stricken by his death, Philip prepares to meet his cousin's widow with hatred in his heart. But when she arrives at the estate, Rachel seems to be a different woman from the one described in Ambrose's letters. Beautiful, sophisticated, and magnetic, Philip cannot help but feel drawn to Rachel. And yet, questions still linger: might she have had a hand in Ambrose's death? And how, exactly, did Ambrose die? As Philip pursues the answers to these questions, he realizes that his own fate could hang in the balance.
The Children's Friend
Author: Berquin (M., Arnaud)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Cousins of Color
Author: William Schroder
Publisher: Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1904433111
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Novel based on a true story of an African American soldier who switched sides and fought for the Philippine Army.
Publisher: Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1904433111
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Novel based on a true story of an African American soldier who switched sides and fought for the Philippine Army.
Gentle Influence, Or, The Cousin's Visit
Author: Frances Mary LEVETT
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanburgh and Farquhar
Author: William Wycherley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Tinsley's Magazine
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Complete Concordance to Shakspeare
Author: Mary Cowden Clarke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar
Author: William Wycherley
Publisher: London : Routledgw, Warne, and Routledge
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher: London : Routledgw, Warne, and Routledge
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Kill for Me
Author: Tom Wood
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399584900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Lethal assassin Victor lands in the middle of a Guatemalan cartel war in the latest nonstop thriller from the international bestselling author of The Final Hour. KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE... Victor is the killer who always delivers...for the right price. And Heloise Salvatierra, patron of Guatemala's largest cartel, is ready and willing to pay him just that to eliminate the competition: her sister. Heloise has been battling Maria for control of the cartel in an endless and bloody war. Now Victor decides who survives. An easy job if it weren't for the sudden target on his back. ...AND THEIR ENEMIES CLOSER. Victor's not the only one on the hunt. Someone else has Maria in the crosshairs and will do anything to get the kill. In the middle of cartel territory with enemies closing in from all sides, Victor must decide where to put the bullet before one is placed in his head....
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399584900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Lethal assassin Victor lands in the middle of a Guatemalan cartel war in the latest nonstop thriller from the international bestselling author of The Final Hour. KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE... Victor is the killer who always delivers...for the right price. And Heloise Salvatierra, patron of Guatemala's largest cartel, is ready and willing to pay him just that to eliminate the competition: her sister. Heloise has been battling Maria for control of the cartel in an endless and bloody war. Now Victor decides who survives. An easy job if it weren't for the sudden target on his back. ...AND THEIR ENEMIES CLOSER. Victor's not the only one on the hunt. Someone else has Maria in the crosshairs and will do anything to get the kill. In the middle of cartel territory with enemies closing in from all sides, Victor must decide where to put the bullet before one is placed in his head....