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Bel-Ami
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Maupassant's accidental careerist moves with charm from
boudoirs to ballrooms in this worldly social comedy. The
story is very contemporary : it reveals print journalism
with its tricky newshounds, vulgar publishers and ambitious
scenesters - pretentious, posturing - for whom insincerity
is almost enough. The observant Maupassant says that too
often nothing succeeds like mediocrity and a big portion
of luck. Ironic, pitiless and monstrously humane.
boudoirs to ballrooms in this worldly social comedy. The
story is very contemporary : it reveals print journalism
with its tricky newshounds, vulgar publishers and ambitious
scenesters - pretentious, posturing - for whom insincerity
is almost enough. The observant Maupassant says that too
often nothing succeeds like mediocrity and a big portion
of luck. Ironic, pitiless and monstrously humane.
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Reading Progress
July 5, 2011
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Started Reading
July 5, 2011
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July 22, 2011
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Finished Reading
April 14, 2014
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The mediocre shall inherit the earth...fact of life.
Sketchbook wrote: "The mediocre shall inherit the earth...fact of life."And they can have it!
I read it 20 years ago in an Italian version. I'm thinking of rereading it these days.
Wouldn't it be nice to go one day without being presented evidence of this?