Bel-Ami & Other Stories
Title | Bel-Ami & Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | e-artnow |
Pages | 1385 |
Release | 2017-11-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 8027230632 |
Bel Ami (The History of a Scoundrel): The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy mistresses. The novel is set in Paris in the upper-middle class environment of the leading journalists of the newspaper La Vie Française and their friends. Pierre et Jean - is a naturalist or psycho-realist story, notably so by the subjects on which it treats, including knowledge of one's heredity (whether one is a legitimate son or a bastard), the bourgeoisie, and the problems stemming from money. Notre Coeur (A Woman's Pastime): The novel tells the story of a woman without a heart, frigid and probably a lesbian. The hero, facing this fascinating and awesome being, takes another mistress, who can hardly satisfy him. He is devastated by this passionate love, violent, melancholic and cruel. A Life is a satirical novel about the folly of romantic illusion. The novel tells the story of young Jeanne, full of hope and dreams of love, who discovers the outside world after finishing an education in a convent. She is looking forward to her new life and she is dreaming of the day when she will find the man who loves her. All her expectations are fulfilled, however… Mont Oriol Strong as Death. Guy de Maupassant was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers.
Bel ami; and other stories
Title | Bel ami; and other stories PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Short stories, French |
ISBN |
Bel-ami
Title | Bel-ami PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Bel ami; and other stories
Title | Bel ami; and other stories PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Bel Ami
Title | Bel Ami PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 19?? |
Genre | Short stories, French |
ISBN |
Bel-Ami
Title | Bel-Ami PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0140443150 |
"We fancied each other and that's that. Now it's over." Georges Duroy (the protagonist of
... Bel-Ami
Title | ... Bel-Ami PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | Nabu Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2014-02-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781294719717 |
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