Bel-Ami

Guy de Maupassant, Robert (Professor of French Language and Literature, Professor of French Language and Literature, Royal Holloway, University of London) Lethbridge, Margaret Mauldon

From Shelf: The Soul of Wit: Novels That Get It Done, And Briefly

Maupassant's second novel, Bel-Ami (1885) is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man making it to the top in fin-de-siècle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against the background of the politics of the French colonization of North Africa. This new translation is complemented by fullest introduction and notes of any edition.