Download or read book Cousin Betty written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bette, an excruciatingly cunning, poor relation of the beautiful Adeline, nurses a terrible grudge against her cousin's family, on whom she depends. That family is slowly being ruined by the uncontrollable sexual appetites of Adeline's husband, Baron Hulot. These appetites will, in time, give Bette opportunity to exact her vengeance.