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

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

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

LibriVox

Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel by Guy de Maupassant…

An Arts and Literature podcast
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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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Podcast Details

Created by
LibriVox
Podcast Status
Active
Started
Jun 2nd, 2024
Latest Episode
Jun 2nd, 2024
Episodes
25
Avg. Episode Length
20 minutes
Explicit
No
Order
Serial
Language
English

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