Guy de Maupassant is often called the master of erotic prose. But the novel "e;Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel"e; goes beyond the scope of this genre. In it, rather, on the foreground moral criteria are put forward. Georges Duroy, a handsome young man, dreaming of building a brilliant career and getting rich. He certainly is not a mediocre person, his appearance can conq...