# Bel Ami (A Ladies' Man)

_The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 6_

By Guy de Maupassant.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: 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

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