• Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel by Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893)

  • Written by: Mentor New York
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Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel by Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893)

Written by: Mentor New York
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  • “He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to it.”Though firmly set in 1880s Paris, Maupassant's gripping story of an amoral journalist on the make could, with only slight modifications of detail, be updated to the 1960s, to the Reagan-Thatcher years, or maybe to the present day. Anti-hero Georges Duroy is a down-at-heel ex-soldier of no particular talent. Good-looking but somewhat lacking in self-confidence, he discovers an ability to control and exploit women - whereupon his career in journalism takes off, fuelled by the corruption of colleagues and government arrivistes. He may be a provincial Don Juan, but he is neither accident-prone nor heading for a fall...A Hollywood screen adaptation is in preparation at the time of recording. (Summary by Martin Geeson)
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Episodes
  • 25 - Attainment

    25 - Attainment
    Jul 16 2023
    20 mins
  • 24 - The Final Plot

    24 - The Final Plot
    Jul 16 2023
    20 mins
  • 23 - Divorce

    23 - Divorce
    Jul 16 2023
    19 mins

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