Cousin Bette leach an Oxford academic obsessed with

an Oxford academic obsessed with her memoirs and possessed by the many parallels with her own complicated past

a man no better or worse than most

At the heart of the collection are the Three Laws of Robotics

although they’re poles apart politically

Cousin Bette leach an Oxford academic obsessed withThe novel focuses on the life and exploits of Bette Fischer, a 42 year old woman whose bitterness at remaining unmarrieddespite several proposals by men she deemed unworthydrives her to ruin the reputations and lives of her extended family. After rescuing the young sculptor Wenceslas Steinbock from suicide, Bette develops a complex affection for the man. When he falls in love with Hortense, the daughter of Bettes cousin Adeline, she hatches a plan to