Bel-Ami

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.

Al doilea roman al lui Maupassant, Bel-Ami (1885), este povestea unui tanar extrem de ambitios care ajunge in varful ierarhiei in Parisul de sfarsit de secol. Este un roman despre bani, sex si putere, plasat pe fundalul politicii colonizarii franceze a Africii de Nord.