Beautiful Friends (selected Translations of Classics)
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About This Novel
Maupassant (1850-1893), a famous French writer. "Beautiful Friend" is his masterpiece novel. It caused a sensation after it was published in May 1885 and was reprinted more than thirty times within a few months. Duroy, a junior officer in the French colonial army in Algeria, came to Paris and was introduced by a friend to work as an editor at La Vie Française. He relied on his good looks and ability to please women to seduce upper-class women, and used this as a springboard to embark on the road to success. In the end, he kidnapped the daughter of the newspaper owner, forced the owner to marry his daughter to him, and became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. The end of the novel also hints that he will soon become a senator and cabinet minister, and his future is still bright.
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