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Cousin Bette
Honoré de Balzac · 1888 · 568 pages
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Ken Follett
“A fascinatingly horrible villainess, a cast of mostly unscrupulous Paris schemers, several charming prostitutes, and a very few decent people who mostly come to a sad end. This is a vicious tale of clever, remorseless revenge, served very cold. I love Balzac because he doesn’t flinch from how cruel the world is.”↗