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Bel Ami, published in 1885, was French author Guy de Maupassant's second novel. It is the story of journalist Georges Duroy.
The story chronicles Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy mistresses.
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