Full text.

The most famous short story of French writer Guy de Maupassant.

Maupassant's early story "Boule de Suif," ("Ball-of-Tallow") from 1880, remains a hallmark and a natural starting point. It's about a prostitute whose refrain, like Bartleby's, is that she would prefer not to-in this case, a Prussian officer asks repeatedly for the pleasure of her intimate company, and she invariably denies him. Unlike Bartleby, though, Boule de Suif must eventually give in, not by any defect of will but because of peer pressure.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	May 6, 2017
ISBN13	9781546539346
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	76
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 5 mm · 122 g
Language	English

Show all

More by Guy de Maupassant

Others have also bought

More from this series

See all of Guy de Maupassant ( e.g. Paperback Book , Hardcover Book , Book , ePUB and CD )