Boule de Suif (Alma Classics 101 Pages): Guy de Maupassant By Guy de Maupassant
Alma Books Ltd
Only edition in print\nA 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 \u201Crespectable\u201D counterparts gradually worsens.\nA scathing satire of bourgeois prejudice and hypocrisy and a compelling snapshot of France during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, \u2018Boule de Suif\u2019 \u2013 here presented with five other major stories by the author of Bel Ami \u2013 was declared a masterpiece by\n\nBoule de Suif\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the p;
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