Bel Ami teacher pack

Five weeks, week by week

1. Week 1Chapters 1 to 4

   Georges enters journalism through Forestier and Madeleine, revealing how his ambition depends on other people’s help and dishonest working methods.

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2. Week 2Chapters 5 to 7

   Georges gains money, promotion, and public praise while his affairs and fearful duel expose gaps between reputation and private conduct.

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3. Week 3Chapters 8 to 11

   Forestier’s death leads to Georges’s marriage with Madeleine, whose work advances him even as memories of her husband provoke resentment.

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4. Week 4Chapters 12 to 14

   Georges’s affair with Mme. Walter brings financial information, while his demand for Madeleine’s inheritance reveals money as a means of control.

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5. Week 5Chapters 15 to 18

   Georges secures divorce, Suzanne’s marriage, and editorial power, while coercion and violence reveal the conduct hidden beneath his public honor.

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Assessment

Reading certificate