Bel-Ami

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Bel-Ami
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Literature

Bel-Ami

Guy de Maupassant
Edition year 1955
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Alistair Grant
Translator Eric Sutton
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 304
Dimensions 22.7 × 15.2 cm

Edition details

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant. Translated by Eric Sutton. Eleven leaves of lithographs by Alistair Grant. Bound in cream cloth with an illustrative design in dark purple by Grant. White dust-jacket printed in red and pale blue, repeating the design on the binding. 22.7x15.2cm. 304pp.

About the book

Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami follows Georges Duroy, an ambitious and attractive young man who rises from poverty to wealth and influence in fashionable Parisian society. Lacking money and social position, he discovers that charm, manipulation and romantic relationships can open doors that talent alone cannot. As Duroy advances through journalism, politics and the salons of the wealthy, Maupassant exposes corruption, hypocrisy and opportunism within French society. Clever, cynical and sharply observed, the novel is both a compelling story of social climbing and a powerful satire of ambition and moral compromise.

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