Cousin Betty

The novel La Cousine Bette, sometimes known as Cousin Bette, was written by French novelist Honoré de Balzac in 1846. It tells the tale of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plans to destroy her extended family and is set in the middle of the 19th century in Paris.Adeline Hulot is coerced into having an affair at the beginning of the book by a wealthy perfumer who wants her to date with Josépha Mi...