Rođaka Beta

Rođaka Beta

Honore de Balzac

The novel gives a cross-section of family relationships in the writer's time. Many men have cheated on their wives in order to enjoy some pleasures for one night. They had no idea that their wives had psychological trauma because of it.

This novel is about the licentious life of Parisians. The novel shows us what the life of an old man who lives a harlot's life looks like. He sleeps with Valeria, and betrays Adelina, whom, later, he convinces that he still loves; but treason is treason. She can't whitewash it, and yet, like some women, she still loves him; it is a woman's instinct to love the man with whom she has been married for so long.

But Valeria also lives a licentious life, only in a slightly different way. She tells many people, among other things, and one Brazilian, a certain count, that she is in love with them; she beats everyone, she treats everyone like her future husband. How is it possible? It is possible to. That woman skillfully controlled four men with her beauty and cunning, whose fate depended on her. That's why Balzac is a comprehensive writer.

The family that Balzac writes about ends up falling apart completely. It is neither financial decay nor overly spiritual. It is decay due to betrayal, lies, fraud. Such a life was led by many high personalities of Paris, and Balzac brilliantly portrayed it. Cousin Beth, who was a bit vindictive at first, was really sorry for all this: she wanted to help, with all her heart, even though she came from a not so rich background.

Balzac, with this novel, depicted false love, and on the other hand, in order to achieve the effect of a more tragic story, he introduced into the novel people full of duplicity, imperiousness and selfishness. The writer himself says: "The lechers, those gold diggers, are as guilty as other criminals who are punished more severely than they." This means that he considers lechers to be robbers who persistently rob people of human morality, dignity and honesty. These are people for whom love, true love, which includes mutual tolerance and respect, means nothing. Through characters who have love in them, but undiscovered and therefore neglected, Balzac shows that the licentious life was and always will be. That is why this novel, among other things, is a message to people to get to know themselves and their personality, their needs and pleasures, and to discover themselves.

Original title
La cousin Bette
Translation
Vera Bakotić-Mijušković
Editor
Cveta Kotevska
Graphics design
Bole Miloradović, Aleksandar Joksimović
Dimensions
22 x 12 cm
Pages
496
Publisher
Narodna knjiga, Beograd, 1981.
 
Distribution: 5,000 copies
 
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: Croatian.

One copy is available

Condition:Used, excellent condition
 

Are you interested in another book? You can search the offer using our search engine or browse books by category.

You may also be interested in these titles

Čiča Goriot

Čiča Goriot

Honore de Balzac
Europapress holding, 2008.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.32 - 6.99
Eugenija Grande

Eugenija Grande

Honore de Balzac

Evgenija Grande's novel is a story that follows the main character from her youth until the end of her life.

Svjetlost, 1981.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.88
Pismo o slijepcima

Pismo o slijepcima

Diderot
Denis Diderot
Zora, 1950.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.98 - 3.98
Eugenie Grandet

Eugenie Grandet

Honore de Balzac
Logos, 1984.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.22
Le Crépuscule d'une idole

Le Crépuscule d'une idole

Michel Onfray
Le Livre de Poche, 2010.
French. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.98 - 3.99
Rođak Pons / Gobseck

Rođak Pons / Gobseck

Honore de Balzac

This novel is part of his extensive project "Human Comedy".

Naprijed, 1960.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
5.32