Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant
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"Boule de Suif" by Guy de Maupassant is a short story published in 1880. During the Franco-Prussian War, ten passengers flee occupied Rouen in a stagecoach, including a patriotic prostitute nicknamed Boule de Suif. When a Prussian officer demands she sleep with him before letting them continue, the travelers initially support her refusal. But as days pass, they pressure her to sacrifice herself for their freedom. Maupassant exposes the hypocrisy and cruelty
of bourgeois society through this powerful tale of prejudice and ingratitude. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 |
|---|---|
| Title | Boule de Suif |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boule_de_Suif |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boule_de_Suif |
| Contents | Boule de suif -- L'épave -- Découverte -- Un parricide -- Le rendez-vous -- Bombard -- Le pain maudit -- Les sabots -- La bûche -- Magnétisme -- Divorce -- Une soirée. |
| Credits |
Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Wilelmina MalliEre and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by gallica (Bibliotheque nationale de France) at gallica.bnf.fr. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 10746 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-10746-2 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1608 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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