Bel-Ami
Roman d'apprentissage, Bel-Ami décrit l'ascension sociale de Georges Duroy, opportuniste qui parvient au sommet de la société parisienne grâce à son arrivisme et ses maîtresses. Ancien sous-officier employé au bureau des chemins de fer, il commence par rencontrer un ancien camarade, Charles Forestier, qui le fait entrer dans le journalisme. Peu à peu, Georges Duroy pénètre ainsi les différents cercles de la société parisienne, rêvant de richesse et de notoriété, toujours égoïste, sans états d'âme.
Maupassant dresse dans ce roman une satire de la société d'argent, offrant à son lecteur un tableau du milieu journalistique sur fond de scandales politico-financiers et de politique coloniale.
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Maupassant dresse dans ce roman une satire de la société d'argent, offrant à son lecteur un tableau du milieu journalistique sur fond de scandales politico-financiers et de politique coloniale.
Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (UK: , US: ; French: ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, seemingly effortless dénouements. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("The Dumpling", 1880), is often considered his most famous work.
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