Ball-of-Fat

By Maupassant, Guy de

Book Id: WPLBN0002952722
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File Size: 53.41 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Ball-of-Fat
Author:	Maupassant, Guy de
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Ball-of-Fat
Historic Publication Date:	1903
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


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The first significant published short story of French author Guy de Maupassant, and generally acknowledged as his greatest work, Ball-of-Fat (French title: Boule de Suif) is the touching story of an interrupted coach ride from Rouen to Le Havre during which occurs the corruption of a principled prostitute by immoral and hypocritical members of the upper class. The story is set during the occupation of Rouen at the time of the Franco-Prussian War.(Summary by Michael Thomas Robinson)

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