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Title: BEL AMI
OR, THE HISTORY OF A SCOUNDREL
By: Guy de Maupassant, Dr. Nicola Bradbury, James Fowler
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1840225793
ISBN 13: 9781840225792
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD
Pub. date: 10 July, 2015
Series: Wordsworth Classics
Pages: 464
Translated from: French
Description: The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy mistresses.
Synopsis: With an Introduction by Nicola Bradbury, University of ReadingUne Vie (1883) and Bel-Ami (1885) seem almost diametrically opposed in tone and temper. The `Life' of the first is poignantly restricted within a woman's lot, while Bel-Ami is robustly masculine. Jeanne dreams of love. Duroy constructs a career in journalism through a string of sexual conquests, reaching political and economic success by endless intimate betrayals. The first novel conveys endurance, the next, constant activity. One is provincial and domestic in setting, tragic in form, and slow in tempo; the other, Parisian, which is to say cosmopolitan, satirical, fast and furious. Both are alive with sights, sounds, smells; but they also chart aspects of a complex history and changing culture, where political and philosophical ideas, religion, class, and gender are all under question. Exploring his world, Guy de Maupassant stretches the scope of the novel form.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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