The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 6 Maupassant, Guy de 1850-1893 creator text utu 2010 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Bel Ami (A Ladies' Man)" by Guy de Maupassant is a novel published in 1885. It follows Georges Duroy, a poor former soldier, as he manipulates his way through Parisian high society by seducing powerful and wealthy women. Using charm and ruthless ambition, Duroy transforms from a struggling clerk into a successful journalist and social climber. The story exposes the corruption of the press and upper classes while chronicling one man's calculated ascent to power through affairs, marriages, and betrayals in nineteenth-century France. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel-Ami Release date is 2010-10-13 Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Conduct of life -- Fiction Social classes -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Journalists -- Fiction Seduction -- Fiction Paris (France) -- History -- 1870-1940 -- Fiction France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940 -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33928 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33928 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133755.0 33928