Bel-Ami

The classic novel of wealth, class, and power from one of France's greatest 19th century writers

Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives-the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers-and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, bl...