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Guy de Maupassant Boule de Suif (Paperback) Alma Classics 101 Pages. A carriage transporting ten passengers fleeing from Rouen is stopped at a village inn by Prussian soldiers, who decide to detain them until one of their party, the prostitute Boule de Suif, consents to sleep with their officer. Further DetailsTitle: Boule de Suif Condition: New Author: Guy de Maupassant Translator: Andrew Brown Contributor: Andrew Brown (Translated by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1847497640 EAN: 9781847497642 ISBN: 9781847497642 Publisher: Alma Classics Genre: Fiction Topic: Classic Fiction Release Date: 07/26/2018 Description: Only edition in print A carriage transporting ten passengers fleeing from Rouen is stopped at a village inn by Prussian soldiers, who decide to detain them until one of their party, the prostitute Boule de Suif, consents to sleep with their officer. When Boule de Suif refuses to do so on account of her principles and patriotic sentiments, the solidarity initially manifested by her fellow travellers becomes increasingly tested as the deadlock continues, and the strained relationship between her and her “respectable” counterparts gradually worsens.A scathing satire of bourgeois prejudice and hypocrisy and a compelling snapshot of France during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, ‘Boule de Suif’ – here presented with five other major stories by the author of Bel Ami – was declared a masterpiece by Flaubert and is widely considered to be Maupassant’s finest short story. Language: English, French Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 128mm Item Width: 10mm Item Weight: 127g Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Release Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
