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Boule de Suif

Written by Guy de Maupassant

Narrated by Hervé Lacroix

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« Boule de suif est un chef-d’œuvre », écrivait Gustave Flaubert. Ce récit l’a imposé comme un maître de la nouvelle. L’histoire, inspirée d’un fait divers, se déroule pendant la guerre de 1870 : dix personnes fuyant Rouen envahi par les Prussiens ont pris place dans une diligence. Parmi elles, Elisabeth Rousset, une prostituée surnommée Boule de suif à cause de son embonpoint, se donnera à un officier prussien pour sauver les autres voyageurs qui pourtant la méprisent. L’espace clos de la diligence fait ressortir l’hypocrisie et la bassesse des bourgeois.
LanguageFrançais
Release dateJan 1, 2014
ISBN9782821101227
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Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant was a French writer and poet considered to be one of the pioneers of the modern short story whose best-known works include "Boule de Suif," "Mother Sauvage," and "The Necklace." De Maupassant was heavily influenced by his mother, a divorcée who raised her sons on her own, and whose own love of the written word inspired his passion for writing. While studying poetry in Rouen, de Maupassant made the acquaintance of Gustave Flaubert, who became a supporter and life-long influence for the author. De Maupassant died in 1893 after being committed to an asylum in Paris.

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