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Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel

“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)

Year of Publication: 1903Genres: General Fiction

Running Time: 8 hours 15 minutes 20 seconds(25 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Martin Geeson

#	Chapter Name
	01 - Poverty Martin Geeson	28:00
	02 - Madame Forestier Martin Geeson	25:20
	03 - First Attempts Martin Geeson	20:03
	04 - Duroy Learns Something Martin Geeson	17:18
	05 - The First Intrigue, part one Martin Geeson	16:18
	06 - The First Intrigue, part two Martin Geeson	16:06
	07 - The First Intrigue, part three Martin Geeson	14:29
	08 - A Step Upward, part one Martin Geeson	16:04
	09 - A Step Upward, part two Martin Geeson	21:23
	10 - A Duel with an End Martin Geeson	25:34
	11 - Death and a Proposal Martin Geeson	36:34
	12 - Marriage, part one Martin Geeson	17:47
	13 - Marriage, part two Martin Geeson	19:24
	14 - Jealousy Martin Geeson	14:11
	15 - Mme Walter Takes a Hand, part one Martin Geeson	14:52
	16 - Mme Walter Takes a Hand, part two Martin Geeson	16:53
	17 - A Meeting and the Result Martin Geeson	21:36
	18 - Madame Marelle, part one Martin Geeson	22:15
	19 - Madame Marelle, part two Martin Geeson	13:32
	20 - The Will Martin Geeson	23:33
	21 - Suzanne, part one Martin Geeson	18:05
	22 - Suzanne, part two Martin Geeson	17:49
	23 - Divorce Martin Geeson	18:31
	24 - The Final Plot Martin Geeson	19:40
	25 - Attainment Martin Geeson	20:03