Reading Bel-Ami | Alexandria
Read Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant. Exposing human ambition's dark allure, Bel-Ami reveals how social climbers manipulate morality to justify their rise. Maupassant's portrait of calculated advancement eerily mirrors today's influencer culture, suggesting our ethical compromises haven't changed—only their packaging has. Most unsettling? His insight that society rewards those who perfect the illusion of virtue over actual virtue.