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...