Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:
• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover
• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket
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Cover art: The cover shows a detail of Louis Pascal by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, in the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi (photo Giraudon, Paris)
Blurb: “TRANSLATED BY DOUGLAS PARMÉE
When Maupassant wrote Bel-Ami in 1885 he was in the prime of life and at the height of his literary powers: he also knew that he was under sentence of death from syphilis. The result is at once a celebration of life and a devastating attack upon it; a tableau of splendour and squalor, strength and weakness, success and failure.
In this penetrating analysis of power and the lust for it we witness the endeavours of a young provincial to make good in the capital: the frenetic, corrupt Paris of the Third Republic. His single-mindedness, his exploitation of sex, his ruthless cunning and sheer good luck are presented with a wit and sensitivity which make Bel-Ami a dazzling tour-de-lorce.”