Bel-Ami |
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| Author:
| Maupassant, Guy de
Mauldon, Margaret |
| Editor:
| Lethbridge, Robert |
| Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-283683-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2001 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.