by Guy de Maupassant · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010207075
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«Bel-Ami» is Guy de Maupassant's novel, published by Hachette in 1993, in paperback (95 pages, in French).
Set in the Paris of the press and high society of the nineteenth century, the novel follows Georges Duroy, an ambitious young man who tries to rise socially thanks to his presence, his love affairs and his work as a journalist. Through that career, Maupassant portrays the cynicism, the corruption and the opportunism of the French press of the period.
Edition from the Lecture Facile collection, level 3, with adaptation by Nicolas Blondeau; the original work appeared in 1885.
Intended for students of French and for those approaching the classics with an easy-reading edition.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
