Beautiful friend

Author: (French) Guy de Maupassant
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Beautiful Lady is one of Maupassant's major long novels. The third aspect of its revealing content lies in the creation of a typical modern adventurer. This adventurer is not the figure who engages in speculation in the colonies of the East, but rather an unscrupulous scoundrel who climbs to the top by any means, achieves rapid success in a short period, and acquires huge wealth and a prominent social status. Du Loew's fulfillment of his wishes lies in his seizing two opportunities. One opportunity was at the newspaper office. If his Notes from African Service, which draws on his own experiences, happened to suit the political needs of the time, then after becoming familiar with the newspaper's operations, he directly participated in the plot to overthrow the government, wielded his pen with great skill, and became a key writer for Walter's faction, earning the boss's recognition and promotion, eventually becoming the chief editor of the "Social News" column, etc.