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Gil Blas
Gil Blas is a lengthy French novel by Alain-René Lesage, spanning from 1715 to 1735. This picaresque work follows the adventures of Gil Blas de Santillán, a charismatic rogue navigating Parisian society with sharp wit and often dubious morals. Notable for its biting satire and detailed portrayal of eighteenth-century life, it gained international recognition through Tobias Smollett’s translation....
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Bel-Ami
Bel-Ami is an 1885 novel by French writer Guy de Maupassant about Georges Duroy, a former soldier who advances through Parisian society and journalism. Duroy relies on charm, manipulation, affairs, and advantageous relationships rather than professional merit. Through his rise, the novel examines the press, finance, politics, marriage, and social ambition in the French Third Republic. Its realist...
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