false <![CDATA[Bel-Ami]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178781607m/837030.jpg 780581 72 "We fancied each other and that's that. Now it's over." Georges Duroy (the protagonist of 2879086 1885 Bel-Ami (Penguin Classics) total:532|5:158|4:190|3:151|2:29|1:4| 532 2065 807 36 4 1 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Mar 23 06:03:01 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 00:59:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 28 14:15:07 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 14:24:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 05:52:04 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 05:53:00 -0700 2009
La réussite, les honneurs, les femmes et le pouvoir: le monde n'a guère changé.

On rencontre toujours - moins les moustaches - dans les salles de rédaction ou ailleurs, de ces jeunes aventuriers de...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 16:02:28 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:15:03 -0800 2009
Dramatisation by Frances Byrnes of Guy de Maupassant's story of political corruption in the newspaper world of 19th-century France and the inexorable rise of Georges Duroy - 'Bel Ami' - a charming, ruthless man of little talent but plenty of ambition.

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This was an interesting read, eye-opening to how much a charismatic and dashing ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 21:41:50 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 21:39:52 -0700 2008
The narrative voice is particularly interesting to me. It tries to be as removed from the story as possible, it seems, but every now an...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 19 19:59:07 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 01:48:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jan 19 19:24:38 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 19:35:17 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 15:31:13 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 15:33:18 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Feb 27 02:25:27 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:14:07 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed Apr 29 12:35:17 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:40:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 06 10:06:52 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:06:52 -0700 2009 twentysomething tales.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Aug 27 04:03:55 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 00:47:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 20:16:54 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 08:52:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Fri Sep 28 07:48:11 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 07:48:18 -0700 2007
The book was written when Maupassant , at the height of his literary power, also knew he was dying of syphilis.There is a certain parallel in that there is a rollercoaster celebration of life and at the ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Feb 03 14:42:49 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 14:45:28 -0800 2008 "Horrid 'hero' gets everything he wants and seems that there is no moral. Maupassant is supposed to be like Flaubert, but I thought at least in Bovary certain people got their desserts. I guess Bel-Ami is truly like real life-not always ARE the bad ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=837030