# Bel-Ami — Short Fiction character guide

> Bel-Ami in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anna, Isabella

**First appearance:** 0003-short-fiction

## Who they are

A pet dog whose fate is tied to a story of love and loss.

## In the story

### [The Accursed Bread](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-accursed-bread)

The eldest daughter who ran away, now well-off and living with Monsieur Dubois; she returns to offer hosting Rose's wedding.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii)

Anna, the hostess of the wedding party, is described as a woman of easy virtue whose luxurious home and past cause tension during the song.

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