Name: Bel-Ami
Price: 324.00 ZAR
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Author: Guy De Maupassant
ISBN: 9781539763550

Type

Physical Book

Author

Guy De Maupassant

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

158

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9781539763550

Synopsis "Bel-Ami"

Guy de Maupassant's scandalous tale of an opportunistic young man corrupted by the allure of power, "Bel-Ami" is translated with an introduction by Douglas Parmee in "Penguin Classics". Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his admirers 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. Douglas Parmee's translation captures all the vigour and vitality of Maupassant's novel. His introduction explores the similarities between Bel-Ami and Maupassant himself and demonstrates the skill with which the author depicts his large cast of characters and the French society of the Third Republic.

Guy De Maupassant

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th century French naturalist writer and poet, renowned as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, which described human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.

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