Boule de Suif

by Guy de Maupassant Narrated by Colm McSweeney

Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

An exceedingly sharp satire of flexible French morals among different classes during the nineteenth-century German occupation.” —The Guardian

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170027682
Publisher:	FrontPage Publishing
Publication date:	11/14/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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