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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.

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Bel-Ami . . .deserves a superior place in the canon . . .This book is as piquant as any contemporary satire. Don't take my word for it. Read it yourself. * Commentary, new Statesman, 04/06/01 *
'...anyone proposing to study Bel-Ami in depth would do well to acquire the Oxford translation,given its excellent critical apparatus 'well-packaged and affordable' * MLR, 97.3 *

BelAmi

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    A Paperback / softback by Guy de Maupassant, Margaret Mauldon, Robert Lethbridge

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 11 September 2008
      ISBN-13 9780199553938
      978-0199553938
      ISBN-10 0199553939
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      Bel-Ami . . .deserves a superior place in the canon . . .This book is as piquant as any contemporary satire. Don't take my word for it. Read it yourself. * Commentary, new Statesman, 04/06/01 *
      '...anyone proposing to study Bel-Ami in depth would do well to acquire the Oxford translation,given its excellent critical apparatus 'well-packaged and affordable' * MLR, 97.3 *

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