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 ⓘ