{"title":"Honor de Balzac","description":"Kathleen Raine, the renowned British translator, poet, critic, and editor, was recently awarded the distinguished title of Comman-deur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Francine Prose's most recent novel, Blue Angel, was a 2000 National Book Award finalist. A contributing editor at Harper's magazine, she writes for many publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.","products":[{"product_id":"cousin-bette-paperback-1","title":"Cousin Bette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eLa Comédie Humaine, Cousin Bette\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBette 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 Comedie 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369793781983,"sku":"9780375759079","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6xtMoCUfew9780375759079.webp?v=1789146631"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/honor-de-balzac.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}