Cousin Bette/YMMV


 * Alas, Poor Villain: death-bed repentance (coupled with the gruesome nature of her death) lend themselves to sympathy.  to a degree.
 * Alternative Character Interpretation: Is Adeline the image of wifely virtue, or is she is just being weak by allowing Hector to get away with so much?
 * Les Yay: Bette and Valerie's friendship is often interpreted this way.
 * Moral Event Horizon: While he was a somewhat sympathetic (and even pleasant) character most of the time, committed the single most heinous act in the book when he  (Revenge and Asshole Victim notwithstanding).
 * Squick/NauseaFuel: The amount of detail given about is gratuitous and might leave the reader more kindly disposed to her.
 * The Woobie: Hortense and Adeline chiefly. Wenceslas to an extent.