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The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor former cavalry NCO in France's African colonies, to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy women.
- Guy de Maupassant
- 1885
Bel-Ami, novel by Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885. Maupassant is perhaps best known as a writer of short fiction, and he utilizes the shorter form as a structuring principle for his longer productions.
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9,564 reviews 154 followers. September 25, 2021. (Book 826 from 1001 books) - Bel-Ami = The History of a Scoundrel, Guy de Maupassant. Bel Ami is the second novel by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885; an English translation titled Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel first appeared in 1903.
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| Certified Educator. Last Updated September 5, 2023. Returning to France flat broke after military service in North Africa, Georges Duroy arrives in Paris determined to make a name for himself....
Nov 30, 1975 · 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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BEL AMI. OR. THE HISTORY OF A SCOUNDREL. A NOVEL. BY. GUY DE MAUPASSANT. TABLE OF CONTENTS. BEL-AMI. CHAPTER I. POVERTY. After changing his five-franc piece Georges Duroy left the restaurant.
May 22, 2020 · Bel-Ami (“good friend”) as a Paris novel is shaped by the city and has been influential in the way Paris is seen. Life. Maupassant’s parents, Laure de Poittevin and Gustave, separated when the boy was ten, leaving him with his mother and his younger brother Hervé (1856–1889).
