| Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant, Fiction, Classics Contributor(s): de Maupassant, Guy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592247121 ISBN-13: 9781592247127 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Maupassant's second novel is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man making it to the top in "fin-de-sicle" Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against the background of the politics of the French colonization of North Africa. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.38" W x 9.4" (1.11 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "We fancied each other and that's that. Now it's over." Georges Duroy (the protagonist of |
Contributor Bio(s): de Maupassant, Guy: - "Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Maupassant was a protege of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless denouements (outcomes). Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Fat," 1880), is often considered his masterpiece." |