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  • Published: 1 March 1976
  • ISBN: 9780141904849
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416
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Bel-ami




Maupassant's story of a man whose ideals are corrupted by the world

Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers - and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end. Written when Maupassant was at the height of his powers, Bel-Ami is a novel of great frankness and cynicism, but it is also infused with the sheer joy of life - depicting the scenes and characters of Paris in the belle epoque with wit, sensitivity and humanity.

  • Published: 1 March 1976
  • ISBN: 9780141904849
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416
Categories:

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