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Pages: 528, Edition: Reissue, Paperback, Oxford University Press, USA

Genre: Comedy Drama. Category Comedy of Manners, Period Film. Theme: Social Climbing, Class Differences. Studio: 20th Century Fox. Run Time: 01 hr 50 min. Language: English. Subtitle Language: Spanish, English. Picture Format: widescreen. Release Date: December 22, 1998.

Born plain and poor, Bette Fischer endures her lot, until her wealthy cousin's family steals her only treasure - the young sculptor she has taken under her wing. Joining forces with the ambitious, greedy, and alluring Valeria Marneffe, Bette vows to have her revenge and sets out to ruin the family be exploiting the sexual appetites of the men and the naiveté of the women.

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp &nbsp&nbsp Product DetailsOriginal Title:Cousin Bette (Boxset)Actors: Edward de Souza - Helen Mirren - Margaret Tyzack - Mary Healey - Robert SpeaightDirector: Gareth DaviesCondition: NEWFormat: DVDFormat Size: FullscreenRuntime: 220 minsLanguage: EnglishRegion code: Region 1 (United States, Canada, Bermuda, U.S. territories)Discs: 2Rating: UnratedGenre: DramaRelease Year: 1972Your browser does not support iframes.

An embittered spinster rains vengeance upon her wealthy family after a beautiful niece steals her handsome prot g in this classic BBC drama based on the novel by Honor de Balzac and starring revered British actress Helen Mirren in her very first mini-series. Cousin Bette is approaching middle-age, and earns her keep as an embroiderer whose beautiful work belies the pent-up resentment she feels towards her wealthy family. When her handsome prot g runs off with her gorgeous young niece, an infuriated...

Acclaimed theater director Des McAnuff made his feature-film directorial debut with this period comedy-drama adapted from Honore de Balzac's novel La Cousine Bette (1846) about a jealous and bitter spinster who attempts to destroy the romance between her niece and a Polish sculptor. In Paris of the 1840s spinster Bette Fisher (Jessica Lange) steps in to 'take care' of her relatives after a decline in the Hulot family fortunes mainly due to wastrel Hector Hulot (Hugh Laurie). After penniless sculptor...

Cousin Bette, who, after the death of her wealthy sister, tries to grovel into the lives of Baron Hulot .Without success she finds cheer in a young sculptor. The artist finds love with someone else. Bette plots revenge on the family who turned her away and stole the young sculptor. With help she slowly demolishes the lives of those who have ridiculed her.

Cousin Bette (1846), long considered Balzac's last great novel, is a key work in his Comedie humaine. Grounded in a meticulous documentation of contemporary France, this tale is set in the prosperous Paris of Louis-Phillipe and details a jealous woman's campaign of persecution against her own family. This new translation has an introduction by David Bellos which sets this work in its social, historical, and literary context.

Pages: 496, Paperback, Modern Library

Edition: Unabridged, Audio CD, Blackstone Audio Inc.

Elisabeth Fisher (Jessica Lange), known to her relatives as Bette, is a humble seamstress in a burlesque theatre in Paris. She has always been taken for granted by her rich relations, and has never enjoyed the love and affections of an admirer. Bette falls in love with the penniless artist Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden Young) and saves his life when he tries to commit suicide. Excerting a control over him, Bette believes that her feelings of love are mutual. But when Wenceslas falls in love with...

This is an original movie poster, measuring 27x42 inches. Perfect for framing or autographs!

ISBN-10: 0192836684 ISBN-13: 9780192836687. Edition: .

An embittered spinster rains vengeance upon her wealthy family after a beautiful niece steals her handsome protégé in this classic BBC drama based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac and starring revered British actress Helen Mirren in her very first mini-series. Cousin Bette is approaching middle-age, and earns her keep as an embroiderer whose beautiful work belies the pent-up resentment she feels towards her wealthy family. When her handsome protégé runs off with her gorgeous young niece, an...

Jessica Lange (A Thousand Acres) and Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) star in this witty satire set in mid-19th century France. Based on the writings of Honore de Balzac, "Cousin Bette" is a gleeful tale of lust, greed and murder. LBX 1.85:1/ English:Dolby Surround/ SUB:Spanish.

Size: Approx 11 x 17 Inches (28 cm x 43 cm). Condition: New. Item: DLM249054.