Beautiful Friend - (Complete Translation Edition)

Author: Guy de Maupassant (France)
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: A major long work by the renowned French writer Guy de Maupassant, who is celebrated as the "King of Short Stories." It truly represents the author's thoughts and the highest level of artistic achievement. The novel is highly targeted and politically charged. The protagonist, Du Loart, is originally the son of a poor hotel owner in a small town. He uses his charming appearance to seduce women and leverages his flattery to rise step by step to become an important figure in politics and the press. The Beautiful Friend portrays the image of an unscrupulous speculator and satirizes and critiques the rapid rise of the rascal Georges Du Loart in a short period. The novel profoundly reveals the political and economic phenomena of French society in the late 19th century and is a classic French novel of the 19th century. Who committed the murder and robbery was never discovered, and it was never properly investigated, because the Arabs were already somewhat regarded as prey for the soldiers. In Paris, it's different. Do you want to swagger around with a saber at your waist and a revolver in your hand, robbing and stealing, and then escaping the law? No way. He found that he still harbored in his deepest being the unrestrained instincts of a staff officer stationed in a conquered country. He really missed those two years in the desert. Regret leaving there! And now, he had hoped to live better after coming back. But now! Alas, yes, it's even worse now! He let his tongue flicker in his mouth and made a soft click, as if to confirm that his palate was dry. The crowd moved weakly around him, and he kept thinking, "A bunch of animals! These fools all have pennies in their pockets." He whistled a cheerful tune and kept bumping into passersby with his shoulder. The man he bumped into grumbled and turned back, while the woman cursed, "Look at that behavior!" He passed by the Funhouse Theatre and stopped in front of the "Café Américain," undecided whether to drink his beer or not, as he was extremely thirsty. Before making a decision, he glanced at the large, glowing clocks standing in the center of the street. It was a quarter past nine. He knew himself well—once a full glass of beer was placed in front of him, he would drink it all down in one gulp. What should he do from now until eleven o'clock? He walked over and said to himself, "I'll walk all the way to the Church of Madeleine and then slowly walk back." Just as he reached the corner of the Opera Square, a chubby young man brushed past him. He vaguely recognized the face, as if he had seen it somewhere before. While searching his memory, he followed the young man and muttered, "Where have I seen that guy?" He racked his brains but couldn't remember. Then, due to a peculiar phenomenon of memory, the image of this person suddenly flashed into his mind: he was wearing a light cavalry uniform, though not as fat as now and younger. P6