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"Boule de Suif" (French pronunciation: [bul də sɥif]), translated variously as "Dumpling", "Butterball", "Ball of Fat", "Ball of Lard", or "Small Ball", is a short story by the late-19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant, first published on 15/16 April 1880.
First published in April 1880, "Boule de Suif" is one of Guy de Maupassant's most famous and important short stories. The term "Boule de Suif" is most often translated to English as "Dumpling" but also sees the forms; "Butterball", "Ball of Lard", and "Ball of Fat." Boule de Suif is the plump female character pictured in the illustration below.
Boule de Suif, short story by Guy de Maupassant, originally published in Les Soirées de Médan (1880), an anthology of stories of the Franco-Prussian War. The popularity of “Boule de Suif” led to the author’s retirement from the civil service to devote himself to writing.
Boule de Suif Summary. As tired French soldiers trudge back from battle, residents of the French town of Rouen anticipate the arrival of the occupying Prussian army. Once those Prussians arrive, the townspeople’s fear dissipates—some of them even befriend the Prussian soldiers, while others despise them and even murder occupying soldiers ...
Aug 5, 2014 · “Boule de Suif” is prototypical Maupassant: sexual but not psychosexual, a distinction that can seem counterintuitive after Freud and modernism. To quote Lorin again: What most troubled and delighted Maupassant’s readers was his erotic identification with women.
Boule de Suif Summary & Analysis. For days, French soldiers with long beards and tattered uniforms have been wandering through town, seeming broken. Their units are disbanded and they march without a flag, seemingly by habit, looking tired and without resolve.
Jan 1, 2004 · Contents. Boule de suif -- L'épave -- Découverte -- Un parricide -- Le rendez-vous -- Bombard -- Le pain maudit -- Les sabots -- La bûche -- Magnétisme -- Divorce -- Une soirée. Credits. Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Wilelmina MalliEre and PG. Distributed Proofreaders.
