# Bel-ami

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- Authors: [Guy de Maupassant](https://www.bookquiver.com/guy-de-maupassant)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1975-08-28
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, Adventure / action fiction, Romance, Fiction in translation

## Description

Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers - and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end. Written when Maupassant was at the height of his powers, Bel-Ami is a novel of great frankness and cynicism, but it is also infused with the sheer joy of life - depicting the scenes and characters of Paris in the belle epoque with wit, sensitivity and humanity.

## Editions

### Bel-Ami

- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-910-4
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2012-05-30
- Language: en_US

### Bel Ami

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0774-088-5
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2010-10-05
- Language: en_US

### Bel-ami

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-315-8
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2004-07-29
- Language: en_GB

### Bel-ami

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-484-9
- Published: 1975-08-28
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Bel-Ami](https://www.bookquiver.com/guy-de-maupassant/de/bel-ami) (de_DE)
- [Bel-Ami](https://www.bookquiver.com/guy-de-maupassant/fr/bel-ami) (fr_FR)
- [Bel-Ami](https://www.bookquiver.com/guy-de-maupassant/it/bel-ami) (it_IT)
- [BEL-AMI](https://www.bookquiver.com/guy-de-maupassant/pt/bel-ami) (pt_PT)
- [Любий друг](https://www.bookquiver.com/hi-de-mopassan/uk/liubyi-druh) (uk_UA)