Boule de Suif

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Boule de Suif is a classic short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant that portrays a group of travelers during the Franco-Prussian War and explores themes of hypocrisy, class prejudice, and sacrifice.

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Boule de Suif canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
short story
approximateLength novella-length short story
author Guy de Maupassant
conflictType civilian versus occupying army
countryOfOrigin France
featuresEvent Prussian occupation of France
featuresLocation Le Havre
Rouen
featuresMedium diligence (stagecoach)
linked to: Concord stagecoach
firstPublicationYear 1880
firstPublishedIn Les Soirées de Médan
form prose
genre realist fiction
social criticism
war fiction
hasAdaptation film adaptations
stage adaptations
hasInfluenceOn later war literature
naturalist short stories
includedIn French school curricula
includesCharacterType aristocrats
bourgeois merchants
democratic republican
nuns
literaryMovement naturalism
realism
linked to: Realism
mainCharacter Boule de Suif
mainTheme class prejudice
hypocrisy
patriotism
sacrifice
sexual morality
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor critique of bourgeois morality
portrayal of social hypocrisy during war
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Boule de Suif
partOf French literature canon
protagonistOccupation prostitute
settingCountry France
settingPeriod Franco-Prussian War
titleMeaning Ball of Fat

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Guy de Maupassant notableWork Boule de Suif
Micheline Presle notableWork Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif mainCharacter Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif originalTitle Boule de Suif