
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant
Title:
Bel-Ami
Author:
Guy de Maupassant
Series (if any):
Oxford World's Classics
Edited by:
Lethbridge, Robert (Professor of French Language and Literature, Professor of French Language and Literature, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
368 pages
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13:
9780199553938
EAN:
9780199553938
Publication Date:
11/09/2008
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
374
Dimensions (mm):
192 x 140 x 17
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.






























