A handsome, unscrupulous journalist sleeps and schemes his way to the top of Paris society. Maupassant's cynical novel of ambition.
Books that mention Bel-Ami (3)
In Chancery by John Galsworthy: “one of those “Bel Ami” chaps... he had read that book with difficulty and a sort of disgusted fascination”
Words of a Pygmy by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: “The typical owner of such worldly wisdom is surely the hero of Bel-Ami. When he takes a lover, he is already thinking of the break. [auto-translated]”
Floating Clouds by Hayashi Fumiko: “At the camp in Hanoi I read a novel called Bel-Ami, and you are like its hero. But he is a homeless drifter who uses women as a ladder to get ahead, while you use only women as your ladder. [auto-translated]”