Bel ami : or the history of a scoundrel / Guy de Maupassant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paris (France)--History--1870-1940--Fiction.

Paris (France).

France--Politics and government--1870-1940--Fiction.

France.

France--Colonies--Africa--Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Auckland, New Zealand] : Floating Press, 1885.

Summary:

Bel Ami was the second published novel by French writer Guy de Maupassant. The novel's hero, journalist Georges Duroy, rises from his humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful men in Paris. He works his way to the top by carefully choosing and manipulating powerful and wealthy mistresses.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Chapter I Poverty; Chapter II Madame Forestier; Chapter III First Attempts; Chapter IV Duroy Learns Something; Chapter V The First Intrigue; Chapter VI A Step Upward; Chapter VII A Duel with an End; Chapter VIII Death and a Proposal; Chapter IX Marriage; Chapter X Jealousy; Chapter XI Madame Walter Takes a Hand; Chapter XII A Meeting and the Result; Chapter XIII Madame De Marelle; Chapter XIV The Will; Chapter XV Suzanne; Chapter XVI Divorce; Chapter XVII The Final Plot; Chapter XVIII Attainment

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource : title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 7, 2014).

ISBN:

1-77556-984-5

OCLC:

574301408