by Guy de Maupassant · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070458196
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«Boule de Suif» is the short story by Guy de Maupassant published by Folio in paperback (96 pages, in French).
In 1870 France, occupied by the Prussians, a group of bourgeois flee Rouen by stagecoach and encounter a prostitute nicknamed Boule de Suif. When the journey stops, they all pressure her to accept the demands of a German officer and, after benefiting from her generosity, despise her. Maupassant portrays the hypocrisy of the comfortable class and the contrast between collective cowardice and the dignity of the outcasts.
Story originally published in 1880. This French-language edition, with introduction and critical apparatus by Louis Forestier, belongs to the Folio classique collection.
For readers of French classics who want to discover one of Maupassant's most famous short stories in its original language.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
