| Boule de suif Contributor(s): de Maupassant, Guy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1546539344 ISBN-13: 9781546539346 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.27 lbs) 76 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Full text. The most famous short story of French writer Guy de Maupassant. Maupassant's early story "Boule de Suif," ("Ball-of-Tallow") from 1880, remains a hallmark and a natural starting point. It's about a prostitute whose refrain, like Bartleby's, is that she would prefer not to-in this case, a Prussian officer asks repeatedly for the pleasure of her intimate company, and she invariably denies him. Unlike Bartleby, though, Boule de Suif must eventually give in, not by any defect of will but because of peer pressure. |