Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel. Guy de Maupassant

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       BEL-AMI

       CHAPTER I.

       POVERTY

       CHAPTER II.

       MADAME FORESTIER

       CHAPTER III.

       FIRST ATTEMPTS

       CHAPTER IV.

       DUROY LEARNS SOMETHING

       CHAPTER V.

       THE FIRST INTRIGUE

       CHAPTER VI.

       A STEP UPWARD

       CHAPTER VII.

       A DUEL WITH AN END

       CHAPTER VIII.

       DEATH AND A PROPOSAL

       CHAPTER IX.

       MARRIAGE

       CHAPTER X.

       JEALOUSY

       CHAPTER XI.

       MADAME WALTER TAKES A HAND

       CHAPTER XII.

       A MEETING AND THE RESULT

       CHAPTER XIII.

       MADAME DE MARELLE

       CHAPTER XIV.

       THE WILL

       CHAPTER XV.

       SUZANNE

       CHAPTER XVI.

       DIVORCE

       CHAPTER XVII.

       THE FINAL PLOT

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       ATTAINMENT

BEL-AMI

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CHAPTER I.

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POVERTY

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      After changing his five-franc piece Georges Duroy left the restaurant. He twisted his mustache in military style and cast a rapid, sweeping glance upon the diners, among whom were three saleswomen, an untidy music-teacher of uncertain age, and two women with their husbands.

      When he reached the sidewalk, he paused to consider what route he should take. It was the twenty-eighth of June and he had only three francs in his pocket to last him the remainder of the month. That meant two dinners and no lunches, or two lunches and no dinners, according to choice. As he pondered upon this unpleasant state of affairs, he sauntered down Rue Notre Dame de Lorette, preserving his military air and carriage, and rudely jostled the people upon the streets in order to clear a path for himself. He appeared to be hostile to the passers-by, and even to the houses, the entire city.

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