Beautiful Friends (collection of World Literature Masterpieces)
About This Novel
Maupassant's "Beautiful Friend" tells the story of Paris at the end of the 19th century, which was like a masquerade, and success favored the sanctimonious. Duroy, a junior officer of the French colonial army in Algeria, came to Paris alone after being discharged from the army. After being introduced by a friend, he became an editor of "La Vie Française" and began his adventure. He relied on his beautiful appearance and ability to please women to gain power, wealth and fame one by one. Maupassant has always been famous for his short stories, and his writing style is concise and concise. The social reality reflected in "Pretty Friend" is still thought-provoking even today.
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Official(89)Scraped 5d ago
It writes about the dark side of human nature, the constraints of the society at that time and the disgust of doing whatever it takes to gain benefits.
Similar to La Traviata
What's wrong with this world? There are noises everywhere. Isn't it good to read quietly?
The characters are very vivid and realistic, satirizing the aristocratic class at that time, which was glamorous on the outside but ugly on the inside.
The characters are vividly depicted, satirizing the aristocratic class at that time, which was glamorous on the outside but ugly on the inside.
The first non-assignment article to read is Dare
The characters in this book are very detailed. One of my favorite heroines is Demarelle. I personally always think that generous women are beautiful, but the male protagonist uses this to hurt her time and time again. Maupassant's book refutes the idea that beautiful skins are all the same, and interesting souls are only one in a million, 2333. I both despise and admire the male protagonist. Maybe his tact is also something you and I should learn from. If i. . . . . . If you are a shit, Ba Ba wouldn't be able to do this kind of thing. 2333. It's a very good book. It's not because it's a classic that I think it's good, but because a book can make me enjoy it with a happy mood.
The horror of human nature
In such an era where everyone, regardless of gender, praises pure love on the surface, it is difficult to be noble, but behind the scenes, human nature is greedy, ugly and barbaric. Perhaps purity is just a cover-up on the face to deceive ignorant young people who are full of aesthetic poetry. It is terrifying and terrifying.
When I finally felt happy, all I was thinking about was myself! The inner vanity of those upper-class people is so strong that it is breathtaking. It is hard to imagine how empty people feel in their hearts today. Money and status have already formed a deep-rooted value expression.
It's very beautiful, with a strong literary flavor
The book is very good. It fully reveals the true nature of some people in society. It makes me angry and hateful, but it is very real and makes people respectable and sighing.
In this vast and empty world where no one is spared, life is so short and insignificant. How can a person have such profound thoughts? How can Duroy be an easy person? His filth and despicability have been hidden in the hearts of so many people and interpreted in so many realities. Doesn't the couple with their own evil intentions and the happiness of Lao Wang next door always exist today? The people of the world who bully the poor and love the rich, the history of successful kings and defeated bandits,
The ending implicitly foreshadows that Susan will not be happy and everything will happen again. It is really despicable and shameless.
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Official(89)Scraped 5d ago
It writes about the dark side of human nature, the constraints of the society at that time and the disgust of doing whatever it takes to gain benefits.
Similar to La Traviata
What's wrong with this world? There are noises everywhere. Isn't it good to read quietly?
The characters are very vivid and realistic, satirizing the aristocratic class at that time, which was glamorous on the outside but ugly on the inside.
The characters are vividly depicted, satirizing the aristocratic class at that time, which was glamorous on the outside but ugly on the inside.
The first non-assignment article to read is Dare
The characters in this book are very detailed. One of my favorite heroines is Demarelle. I personally always think that generous women are beautiful, but the male protagonist uses this to hurt her time and time again. Maupassant's book refutes the idea that beautiful skins are all the same, and interesting souls are only one in a million, 2333. I both despise and admire the male protagonist. Maybe his tact is also something you and I should learn from. If i. . . . . . If you are a shit, Ba Ba wouldn't be able to do this kind of thing. 2333. It's a very good book. It's not because it's a classic that I think it's good, but because a book can make me enjoy it with a happy mood.
The horror of human nature
In such an era where everyone, regardless of gender, praises pure love on the surface, it is difficult to be noble, but behind the scenes, human nature is greedy, ugly and barbaric. Perhaps purity is just a cover-up on the face to deceive ignorant young people who are full of aesthetic poetry. It is terrifying and terrifying.
When I finally felt happy, all I was thinking about was myself! The inner vanity of those upper-class people is so strong that it is breathtaking. It is hard to imagine how empty people feel in their hearts today. Money and status have already formed a deep-rooted value expression.
It's very beautiful, with a strong literary flavor
The book is very good. It fully reveals the true nature of some people in society. It makes me angry and hateful, but it is very real and makes people respectable and sighing.
In this vast and empty world where no one is spared, life is so short and insignificant. How can a person have such profound thoughts? How can Duroy be an easy person? His filth and despicability have been hidden in the hearts of so many people and interpreted in so many realities. Doesn't the couple with their own evil intentions and the happiness of Lao Wang next door always exist today? The people of the world who bully the poor and love the rich, the history of successful kings and defeated bandits,
The ending implicitly foreshadows that Susan will not be happy and everything will happen again. It is really despicable and shameless.
