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Ball of Fat (Boule de Suif) - The Classic Unabridged English Edition: The True Life Story Behind Uncle Tom's Cabin

Ball of Fat (Boule de Suif) - The Classic Unabridged English Edition: The True Life Story Behind Uncle Tom's Cabin

Maupassant, Guy De
de Maupassant, Guy

Paperback

HumorClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 8027330718
ISBN13: 9788027330713
Publisher: E-Artnow
Published: Apr 15 2019
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Boule de Suif (translated variously as Dumpling, Butterball, Ball of Fat or Ball of Lard) is a famous short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, entitled Boule de Suif et Autres Contes de la Guerre (Dumpling and Other Stories of the War). The story is set in the Franco-Prussian War and follows a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army. The ten travellers decide, for various reasons, to leave Rouen and flee to Le Havre in a stagecoach. Sharing the carriage are Boule de Suif or Butterball, a prostitute whose real name is Elisabeth Rousset; the strict Democrat Cornudet; a shop-owning couple from the petty bourgeoisie, M. and Mme. Loiseau; a wealthy upper-bourgeoisie factory-owner and his wife, M. and Mme. Carré-Lamadon; the Comte and Comtesse of Bréville; and two nuns. Thus, the carriage constitutes a microcosm of French society, representing different parts of the French population during the late 19th century. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, Boule de Suif (Ball of Fat), is often considered his masterpiece.

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