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Bel-Ami / by Guy de Maupassant ; translated by Douglas Parmée Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893

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Author
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893
Subjects
Journalists - France - Paris - Fiction.; Popular literature; Fiction in English - Translations from French.
Summary
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.
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5325878

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