Bel-Ami (Oxford World's Classics)
`Bel-Ami . . .deserves a superior place in the canon . . .This book is as piquant as any contemporary satire. Don't take my word for it. Read it yourself.' Commentary, new Statesman, 04/06/01`'...anyone proposing to study Bel-Ami in depth would do well to acquire the Oxford translation,given its excellent critical apparatus 'well-packaged and affordable'' MLR, 97.3