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Contents
- Front Matter
- Cousin Bette
- 1. Where will love find a niche?Honoré De Balzac
- 2. From father-in-law to mother-in-lawHonoré De Balzac
- 3. JoséphaHonoré De Balzac
- 4. The perfumer’s sudden access of pityHonoré De Balzac
- 5. The way to arrange a marriage for a beautiful girl with no moneyHonoré De Balzac
- 6. The Captain loses the battleHonoré De Balzac
- 7. A woman’s fine life-storyHonoré De Balzac
- 8. HortenseHonoré De Balzac
- 9. Character sketch of an old maidHonoré De Balzac
- 10. Bette’s admirerHonoré De Balzac
- 11. Conversation between an old maid and a young oneHonoré De Balzac
- 12. Monsieur le Baron Hector Hulot d’ErvyHonoré De Balzac
- 13. The LouvreHonoré De Balzac
- 14. In which one can see that pretty women cross the libertine’s path, just as dupes put themselves in the way of scoundrelsHonoré De Balzac
- 15. The Marneffe householdHonoré De Balzac
- 16. The artist’s atticHonoré De Balzac
- 17. An exile’s storyHonoré De Balzac
- 18. The adventure of a spider who finds in her web a beautiful fly that is too big for herHonoré De Balzac
- 19. How couples separate in the thirteenth districtHonoré De Balzac
- 20. One woman lost, one woman foundHonoré De Balzac
- 21. The daughter’s romanceHonoré De Balzac
- 22. Let girls have their wayHonoré De Balzac
- 23. An interviewHonoré De Balzac
- 24. In which chance, which often brings about true romances, makes things go so well that they cannot continue like that for longHonoré De Balzac
- 25. Marneffe’s strategyHonoré De Balzac
- 26. A terrible indiscretionHonoré De Balzac
- 27. Final secretsHonoré De Balzac
- 28. Bette’s transformationHonoré De Balzac
- 29. The life and opinions of Monsieur CrevelHonoré De Balzac
- 30. A continuation of the preceding chapterHonoré De Balzac
- 31. Caliban’s last attempt to keep ArielHonoré De Balzac
- 32. Failed revengeHonoré De Balzac
- 33. The way many marriage contracts are madeHonoré De Balzac
- 34. A magnificent example of a devoted followerHonoré De Balzac
- 35. In which the tail-end of an ordinary novel comes in the middle of this story which is only too close to reality, touches on the amatory, and is frighteningly moralHonoré De Balzac
- 36. The two bridesHonoré De Balzac
- 37. Moral reflections on immoralityHonoré De Balzac
- 38. In which we can see the result of Crevel’s opinionsHonoré De Balzac
- 39. Handsome Hulot dismantledHonoré De Balzac
- 40. One of the seven plagues of ParisHonoré De Balzac
- 41. Cousin Bette’s hopesHonoré De Balzac
- 42. The extremities to which libertines reduce their legitimate wivesHonoré De Balzac
- 43. The grieving familyHonoré De Balzac
- 44. The dinnerHonoré De Balzac
- 45. Back from the dead with a fortuneHonoré De Balzac
- 46. The age at which a ladies’ man becomes jealousHonoré De Balzac
- 47. First scene of clever feminine play-actingHonoré De Balzac
- 48. A scene befitting a porter’s lodgeHonoré De Balzac
- 49. Second scene of clever feminine play-actingHonoré De Balzac
- 50. Crevel takes his revengeHonoré De Balzac
- 51. Master Crevel’s little houseHonoré De Balzac
- 52. Two brothers-in-armsHonoré De Balzac
- 53. Two crazy fanaticsHonoré De Balzac
- 54. Another view of a legitimately married coupleHonoré De Balzac
- 55. What makes great artistsHonoré De Balzac
- 56. Effect of the honeymoon on the artsHonoré De Balzac
- 57. Of sculptureHonoré De Balzac
- 58. In which can he seen the power of that socially disruptive force, poverty.Honoré De Balzac
- 59. Reflections on beauty spotsHonoré De Balzac
- 60. A fine entranceHonoré De Balzac
- 61. On Poles in general and on Steinbock in particularHonoré De Balzac
- 62. Commentary on the story of DelilahHonoré De Balzac
- 63. He is young, Polish, and an artist. What do you expect him to do?Honoré De Balzac
- 64. The return homeHonoré De Balzac
- 65. The first dagger-blowHonoré De Balzac
- 66. The first quarrel of married lifeHonoré De Balzac
- 67. A suspicion always follows the first dagger-blowHonoré De Balzac
- 68. The discovery of a childHonoré De Balzac
- 69. A second father for the Marneffe childHonoré De Balzac
- 70. The difference between mother and daughterHonoré De Balzac
- 71. A third father for the Marneffe childHonoré De Balzac
- 72. The five Fathers of the Marneffe ChurchHonoré De Balzac
- 73. Exploitation of the fatherHonoré De Balzac
- 74. A sad happinessHonoré De Balzac
- 75. The ravages caused by women like Madame Marneffe in the bosoms of familiesHonoré De Balzac
- 76. A brief history of favouritesHonoré De Balzac
- 77. The impudence of one of the five fathersHonoré De Balzac
- 78. Another summonsHonoré De Balzac
- 79. The door shut in his faceHonoré De Balzac
- 80. An awakeningHonoré De Balzac
- 81 The cards are reshuffledHonoré De Balzac
- 82. A surgical operationHonoré De Balzac
- 83. Moral reflectionsHonoré De Balzac
- 84. Fructus belli; the outcome depends on the Minister for WarHonoré De Balzac
- 85. Another disasterHonoré De Balzac
- 86. A different style of dressingHonoré De Balzac
- 87. A sublime courtesanHonoré De Balzac
- 88. Crevel pontificatesHonoré De Balzac
- 89. In which the false courtesan arises a saintHonoré De Balzac
- 90. Another guitar
Honoré De Balzac - 91. A picture of Marshal HulotHonoré De Balzac
- 92. The Prince’s dressing-downHonoré De Balzac
- 93. A very short encounter between Marshal Hulot, Comte de Forzheim, and his Excellency, Monseigneur le Maréchal Cottin, Prince de Wissembourg, Due d’Orfano, Minister of War.Honoré De Balzac
- 94. A theory about press reportsHonoré De Balzac
- 95. The brother’s dressing-downHonoré De Balzac
- 96. A fine funeralHonoré De Balzac
- 97. Departure of the prodigal fatherHonoré De Balzac
- 98. In which Josépha reappearsHonoré De Balzac
- 99. A peg to hang onHonoré De Balzac
- 100. The Marshal’s legacyHonoré De Balzac
- 101. Great changesHonoré De Balzac
- 102. The sword of DamoclesHonoré De Balzac
- 103. Baron Hulot’s friendHonoré De Balzac
- 104. Vice and VirtueHonoré De Balzac
- 105. Liquidation of the firm of Thoul and BijouHonoré De Balzac
- 106. The angel and the devil hunt in companyHonoré De Balzac
- 107. Another devilHonoré De Balzac
- 108. The policeHonoré De Balzac
- 109. Change from Père Thoul to Père ThorecHonoré De Balzac
- 110. A family sceneHonoré De Balzac
- 111. Another family sceneHonoré De Balzac
- 112. The effects of blackmailHonoré De Balzac
- 113. CombabusHonoré De Balzac
- 114. A courtesan’s dinner-partyHonoré De Balzac
- 115. In which Madame Nourrisson is seen at workHonoré De Balzac
- 116. A little house in 1840Honoré De Balzac
- 117. The last scene of clever feminine play-actingHonoré De Balzac
- 118. Vengeance strikes ValérieHonoré De Balzac
- 119. The mendicantHonoré De Balzac
- 120. Doctor’s commentsHonoré De Balzac
- 121. The hand of God and the Brazilian’s tooHonoré De Balzac
- 122. Valérie’s last bon motHonoré De Balzac
- 123. Crevel’s last wordsHonoré De Balzac
- 124. One aspect of speculationHonoré De Balzac
- 125. In which we are not told why all the stove-fitters of Paris are ItaliansHonoré De Balzac
- 126. A second Atala, quite as much of a savage as the first one,
but not as good a CatholicHonoré De Balzac - 127. The preceding chapter continuedHonoré De Balzac
- 128. RecognitionHonoré De Balzac
- 129. Atala’s last wordHonoré De Balzac
- 130. Return of the prodigal fatherHonoré De Balzac
- 131. In praise of forgettingHonoré De Balzac
- 132. An appalling ending, but true to realityHonoré De Balzac
- End Matter
