Download or read book Cousin Bette (Classic Reprint) written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cousin Bette Among Parisians, who are thought to be so Witty and Wise, we may find some who fancy they are infinitely more attractive in uniform than in their ordinary clothes, and who attribute so depraved a taste to the fair sex 'that they imagine women are favorably im pressed by a bear-skin cap and a military equipment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.