A retelling of Guy de Maupassant · 1885

Bel-Ami

“Georges Duroy, a penniless ex-soldier with a fine moustache and no scruples, arrives in the Paris newspaper world and climbs — through women, borrowed talent and political scandal — from a clerk's stool to wealth, a title and a seat at the gates of power.”

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Contents7 episodes · ~20 min

  1. 1Arrival (Part One, Chapters 1–2)Free
  2. 2Learning the Trade (Part One, Chapters 3–4)🔒
  3. 3Clotilde (Part One, Chapters 5–6)🔒
  4. 4The Duel and the Death (Part One, Chapters 7–8)🔒
  5. 5Monsieur and Madame Du Roy (Part Two, Chapters 1–3)🔒
  6. 6Madame Walter (Part Two, Chapters 4–7)🔒
  7. 7The Gates of Power (Part Two, Chapters 8–10)🔒