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050	0	0	_aPQ2349.B3 _bE5 2010
082	0	0	_aFIC MAU
100	1		_aMaupassant, Guy de _d, 1850-1893
240	1	0	_aBel-Ami _l. English
245	1	0	_aBel-Ami _c/ Guy de Maupassant ; translated from the French by Ernest Boyd
250			_a1st Vintage Classics ed
260			_aNew York _b: Vintage Classics _c, 2010, c1923.
300			_a357 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aA classic novel of seduction, intrigue, and ruthless social climbing in belle époque Paris. Georges Duroy is a down-and-out journalist from a humble background who engineers a stunning rise to the top of Parisian society through his relationships with influential and wealthy women. Making the most of his charm and good looks (his admirers nickname him "Bel Ami"), Duroy exploits the weaknesses of others to his own advantage and, in the process, betraying the woman who has most selflessly supported him. Bel Ami is not only a vivid portrait of a glamorously corrupt and long-vanished Paris, but also a strikingly modern exposé of the destructiveness of unconstrained ambition, sex, and power.
650			_aJournalists _v--Fiction
650		4	_aSeduction _x--Fiction
650			_aMan-woman relationships _v--Fiction
650			_aSocial classes _v-Fiction
650			_aConduct of life _x-Fiction
651		4	_aParis (France) _x--History _y--1870-1940 _v--Fiction
700	1		_aBoyd, Ernest
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