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鬲倬賱蹖 賵 亘蹖爻鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿賷诏乇

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賲賵囟賵毓 丕氐賱蹖 賲賴賲鈥屫臂屬� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 賲噩賲賵毓賴 讴鬲丕亘 芦鬲倬賱蹖 賵 趩賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇禄 亘賴 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 賮乇丕賳爻賴 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇丕賳 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 丿乇 胤賵賱 噩賳诏 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж藏�. 丿乇 賳蹖賲賴 丕賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 乇丕賵蹖 倬蹖卮蹖賳賴 賴乇 蹖讴 丕夭 爻乇賳卮蹖賳丕賳 乇丕 鬲賵囟蹖丨 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 亘丕 鬲兀讴蹖丿 賵蹖跇賴 亘乇 禺乇丿賴 亘賵乇跇賵丕蹖 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲貙 讴賵乇賳賵丿鬲貙 讴賴 诏賮鬲賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賴賲賴 賳賵毓 丿賮丕毓 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 乇賵卅賳 胤乇丕丨蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賲賵囟賵毓 丕氐賱蹖 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 爻乇賳卮蹖賳丕賳 氐丨亘鬲鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 賲賴丕噩賲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 丕賲丕 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘賴 噩丕蹖 賲丕賳丿賳 丿乇 卮賴乇貙 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 賳丕噩賵丕賳賲乇丿丕賳賴 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�.
亘禺卮 丕賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 讴賴 賵胤賳 丿賵爻鬲鬲乇蹖賳 賲爻丕賮乇 禺賵丿 亘賵賱 丿 爻賵賮 丕爻鬲貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲蹖 賲丨亘賵亘 丿乇 乇賵卅賳貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丕卮乇丕賮 賵 亘賵乇跇賵丕夭蹖鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 噩賳诏 賵 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴卮賵乇 禺賵卮丨丕賱鈥屫� 亘賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 讴卮蹖丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 诏蹖 丿賵 賲賵倬丕爻丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 亘乇禺賱丕賮 丿蹖诏乇 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖 丌賳 丿賵乇賴 讴賴 卮賴乇賵賳丿丕賳 丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賮乇丕賳爻賴 乇丕 亘賴 亘蹖鈥屫з嗂屫糙� 賵 亘夭丿賱 亘賵丿賳 賲鬲賴賲 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 丕夭 卮賵乇 賵胤賳 倬乇爻鬲蹖 爻丕讴賳丕賳 丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 爻鬲丕蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.

賲賯丕賵賲鬲 卮禺氐蹖 亘賵賱 丿賵 爻賵賮 丿乇 胤賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賮夭丕蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屰屫жㄘ�. 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 亘賵賱 丿賵 爻蹖賮 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲鈥屬囏й� 噩賳爻蹖 丕賮爻乇丕賳 噩賳诏貙 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 賵胤賳 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賵蹖 乇丕 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 鬲賵爻胤 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲賵噩賴 賯乇丕乇 賳诏乇賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲.

314 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 1880

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Guy de Maupassant

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Henri Ren茅 Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless d茅nouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.

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賵丕賯毓丕 噩賲賱賴鈥屰� "鬲丨鬲 鬲丕孬蹖乇 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賳" 乇賵 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳丕蹖 賲賵倬丕爻丕賳 爻丕禺鬲賳. 賲賵倬丕爻丕賳 賲賳賵 亘賴 賮讴乇賴丕蹖 毓賲蹖賯 賵 噩丿蹖 賵 鬲乇爻賳丕讴 丿乇賲賵乇丿 賲乇诏 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮乇賵 賲蹖亘乇賴 賵 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇賵 鬲賵 賴乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 毓乇囟 賴賮鬲 賴卮鬲 氐賮丨賴 賲蹖讴賳賴. 噩丕 丿丕乇賴 賵丕賯毓丕 丿爻鬲鈥屫ㄙ堌� 賳卮乇 賮乇賴賳诏 賲毓丕氐乇 亘丕卮賲 讴賴 丌孬丕乇 賲賵倬丕爻丕賳 乇賵 亘丕 丕蹖賳 噩賱丿 爻禺鬲鈥屬囏й� 禺賵卮诏賱卮 鬲噩丿蹖丿 趩丕倬 賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 讴乇丿 鬲丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲賵噩賴 賯乇丕乇 亘诏蹖乇賴.

鬲倬賱蹖 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賱賳丿 賵 亘蹖爻鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж団€屫� 讴賴 丨鬲賲丕 亘丕蹖丿 鬲賵 賱蹖爻鬲鬲賵賳 亘匕丕乇蹖丿 賲禺氐賵氐丕 丕诏乇 丕賵賱蹖賳 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屰� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴鬲賵賳 亘丕卮賴貙 丨鬲賲丕 丕夭 丕爻鬲丕丿卮 卮乇賵毓 讴賳蹖丿.
丕夭 讴賵趩賴 倬爻 讴賵趩賴鈥屬囏й� 賮乇丕賳爻賴 诏乇賮鬲賴 鬲丕 胤賳夭 亘蹖鈥屬嗀港屫必簇� 卮賵禺蹖鈥屬囏й� 噩賳爻蹖卮 賵 丿乇讴 禺蹖賱蹖 毓賲蹖賯卮 丕夭 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 賵 賵囟毓蹖鬲賽 夭賳丕賳貙 丕賵賳賲 鬲賵 丕賵賳 夭賲丕賳. 亘蹖鈥屬嗀港屫辟囏� 趩蹖 賲蹖鬲賵賳賲 亘诏賲貙 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯鈥屬囏й� 倬丕乇爻丕賱賲 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 丌卮賳丕 卮丿賳 亘丕 賲賵倬丕爻丕賳 亘賵丿 賵 丨丕賱丕 賳賲蹖禺賵丕賲 賴蹖趩賵賯鬲 丕蹖賳 丿賵蹖氐丿 賵 禺賵乇丿賴鈥屫й� 乇賲丕賳 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳卮 亘乇丕賲 鬲賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴.
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No one looked at her, no one thought of her. She felt herself swallowed up in the scorn of these virtuous creatures, who had first sacrificed, then rejected her as a thing useless and unclean.

On their way fleeing from Rouen, ten French travelers, among them a prostitute by the name of Elisabeth Rousset also known as Boule de Suif (literally ball of suet) are seized by Prussian officers.
The travelers soon find out that their release depends on Boule de Suif sleeping with one of the officers.
Elisabeth Rousset may be a prostitute but she has principles and refuses to sleep with the enemy.
At first, her virtuous co-travelers support her decision, but soon tiring of the situation they begin encouraging her to do the deed.
Eventually she complies and the day after, they resume their journey.
Oh, but once again, for the righteous and worthy travelers, Boule de Suif鈥檚 shameful action becomes a sin and a transgression.
Whereas at the beginning during their journey, the prostitute shares her scant food with the others, at the end, not only they snub and ridicule her, but also don鈥檛 give her a piece of their bread.
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賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 亘乇 丕爻丕爻 爻丕賱 丕賳鬲卮丕乇卮賵賳 趩丕倬 卮丿賳丿 蹖丕 賳賴 賵 賲賳 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 蹖讴 爻賵賲 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 丿賵 爻賵賲 丕亘鬲丿丕蹖蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賮賯胤 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賱賳丿 鬲倬賱蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 賳馗乇賲賵 噩賱亘 讴乇丿...亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 丕夭 賳馗乇 卮蹖賵賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲賳賵 蹖丕丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴鈥屬囏й� 賲丕卮丕丿賵 丿 丌爻蹖爻 丿乇 賲噩賲賵毓賴 讴賱蹖爻丕蹖 卮蹖胤丕賳 丕賳丿丕禺鬲...丕賱亘鬲賴 讴賴 賲賳 賴賲趩賳丕賳 乇丕亘胤賴鈥� 夭蹖丕丿 丿賵爻鬲丕賳賴鈥屫й� 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 賳丿丕乇賲 .

丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 : 诏乇丿賳鈥屫ㄙ嗀� 禺賵卮亘禺鬲蹖貙诏蹖爻賵貙鬲禺鬲 卮賲丕乇賴 29貙 噩賳丕蹖鬲 丕夭 賳馗乇 亘丕亘丕 亘賳蹖賮丕爻貙 丕毓鬲乇丕賮貙丕賳鬲馗丕乇
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Pacte r茅publicain


L'histoire :

Boule de suif se passe en 1870, au temps de la d茅route de l'arm茅e fran莽aise face 脿 l'arm茅e allemande, qui a investi les alentours de Rouen. Les forces fran莽aises sont dans la confusion g茅n茅rale, le pays est m茅dus茅. Dix civils fran莽ais, qui ont obtenu un passe-droit pour quitter la Rouen prennent alors la route de Dieppe, pour fuir les rigueurs de l'occupation militaire de la ville.

En cours de route, ils sont arr锚t茅s 脿 T么tes, situ茅e 脿 mi-chemin, cependant que l'officier allemand en poste refuse de leur laisser poursuivre leur route vers Dieppe. Il les laissera partir, 脿 condition que 脡lisabeth Rousset, alias Boule de Suif, l'une des voyageuses, se donne 脿 lui. Huit des neufs accompagnants se coalisent bient么t pour obtenir de la prostitu茅e qu'elle se d茅voue, pour qu'ils puissent reprendre leur route. Ils font montre 脿 cette occasion d'un talent insoup莽onn茅 pour la casuistique et avancent un tr茅sor de raisons pour qu'elles le fasse, toutes plus excellentes les unes que les autres...




Mon avis:

La nouvelle r茅ussit particuli猫rement son coup dans le petit cercle de personnages qu'elle pr茅sente en huis-clos, bien repr茅sentatif des divisions dans l'opinion de la population fran莽aise d'alors, qu'elles soient dues au rang (deux des voyageurs sont nobles), 脿 la richesse, 脿 la religion, 脿 l'opinion politique (bonapartiste, orl茅aniste, r茅publicain...). D茅racin茅s de leur entourage habituels, ces dix personnages vont devoir se c么toyer, se coltiner les uns les autres. Leur voyage est du reste ralenti par le mauvais 茅tat des routes. Par chance, Boule de suif leur offre de quoi se restaurer au cours du voyage, ce qui permet 脿 chacun de mieux faire connaissance et all猫ge sensiblement les tensions au sein du groupe de dix...

L'histoire est un bijou d'efficacit茅 en ce qui concerne la pr茅sentation des strat茅gies argumentatives mises en place par les conjur茅s pour pousser l'h茅ro茂ne au sacrifice de sa personne... Tour 脿 tour, ils passent en revue la Judith biblique, la Lucr猫ce romaine, Cl茅op芒tre, bref tous les exemples de l'histoire, de la mythologie antique et de la vie des saints sont assez bons pour 茅tayer cette argumentation et justifier toutes les compromissions. La fin justifie les moyens ; or la fin est excellente et doit justifier tous les sacrifices, tant qu'ils ne sont pas demand茅s aux intrigants.

Tous sont prompts 脿 "vendre" l'h茅ro茂ne, 脿 la sacrifier 脿 leur salut (c'est-脿-dire, 脿 leur vil confort), et se f茅licitent de leur r茅ussite, donnant 脿 voir des tr茅sors de rouerie, de duplicit茅, d'hypocrisie et de l芒chet茅, de veulerie et de bassesse.

Lu pendant le service de nuit 脿 l'h么tel.


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This volume is part of Alma Classics鈥� 101 pages collection. There are six short stories of which Boule de Suif fills half of the book at 51 pages. They have been translated by Andrew Brown and first published as a collection in 2003. The 2018 package includes an introduction by Brown which is useful reading for the background that it provides.

The stories are set in France around the time of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 which resulted in a heavy defeat for France. Paris surrendered after a siege followed by street warfare between French forces and revolutionary militia.

Boule de Suif is a great little study of French society and moral attitudes at that time. Indeed, given the group鈥檚 situation, I could well imagine that such a chain of events could still happen today. Guy de Maupassant observes how people who would not mix socially can unite in times of trouble. Most of the coach party consider themselves vastly superior to the prostitute but they are delighted to take advantage of her generosity and her professional skills to relieve their situation. Are they grateful to her? You will need to read the book to find the answer.

Incidentally I am pleased that Andrew Brown kept the French title; Boule de Suif is vastly preferable to any English translation.

The other five stories in this volume all have their titles translated and all have merit. They also follow de Maupassant鈥檚 predilection for relationships between the classes. Bed 29 has a serious theme but is very funny with much of the humour aimed at the French Army Officer. I also loved the atmosphere and the messages in The Confession and Rose.

Boule de Suif is an entertaining little volume which will inform and amuse. Of course, with only 114 pages including the Introduction and Notes pages your entertainment will be relatively brief. I have awarded four stars.
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Now that I've read my first collection of Maupassant stories, I can say that he is indeed a great writer, though being as prolific as he apparently was, I think you probably need to read a lot more to really be familiar with his work. He was a student of Flaubert, the French "realist" school, hence all these short stories being basically slice-of-life stories about (mostly) provincial French life. There are morals, sometimes, but rarely made explicit - in fact, often the stories just end, like one of those writing exercises in which the reader is asked to decide what happens next. The more moralistic tales among this collection include The Necklace, about a French housewife who borrows a friend's expensive diamond necklace for a ball and then loses it. The ending has the sort of twist that O. Henry later became famous imitating. Then there is Boule De Suif, about a group of wealthy French townspeople fleeing Prussian-occupied Rouen, when a Prussian officer takes a fancy to the courtesan in their midst. When she refuses his advances, her countrymen initially praise her patriotism, but when the officer refuses to let anyone travel onwards until he gets his way, they end up cajoling her into sacrificing herself, and then hypocritically turn on her.

All the other stories were likewise enjoyable and interesting, ranging from fireside tales about hunting and farming and jilted lovers and poor peasants and debauched soldiers, to a few, like The Inn, that take the form of a ghost story even if no actual supernatural apparitions appear.

Definitely worth reading these, and I wouldn't hesitate to try some more Maupassant.




The moist, lumpy earthen floor looked greasy, and, at the back of the room, the bed made an indistinct white spot. A harsh, regular noise, a difficult, hoarse, wheezing breathing, like the gurgling of water from a broken pump, came from the darkened couch where an old man, the father of the peasant woman, was dying.





An old friend, known to all of us, M. Boniface, a great sportsman and a connoisseur of wine, a man of wonderful physique, witty and gay, and endowed with an ironical and resigned philosophy, which manifested itself in caustic humor, and never in melancholy, suddenly exclaimed:

"I know a story, or rather a tragedy, which is somewhat peculiar. It is not at all like those which one hears of usually, and I have never told it, thinking that it would interest no one.





"What do you want?" he then asked her. And with clenched teeth, and trembling with anger, she replied: "I want--I want you to marry me, as you promised." But he only laughed and replied: "Oh! if a man were to marry all the girls with whom he has made a slip, he would have more than enough to do."





As he was looking for a place to climb up I showed him the easiest way, and gave him a hand. He climbed up. Then we helped up the three girls, who had now quite recovered their composure. They were charming, especially the oldest, a blonde of eighteen, fresh as a flower, and very dainty and pretty! Ah, yes! the pretty Englishwomen have indeed the look of tender sea fruit. One would have said of this one that she had just risen out of the sands and that her hair had kept their tint. They all, with their exquisite freshness, make you think of the delicate colors of pink sea-shells and of shining pearls hidden in the unknown depths of the ocean.





Sabot (Theodule), a master carpenter, represented liberal thought in Martinville. He was a tall, thin, man, with gray, cunning eyes, and thin lips, and wore his hair plastered down on his temples. When he said: "Our holy father, the pope" in a certain manner, everyone laughed. He made a point of working on Sunday during the hour of mass. He killed his pig each year on Monday in Holy Week in order to have enough black pudding to last till Easter, and when the priest passed by, he always said by way of a joke: "There goes one who has just swallowed his God off a salver."





She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born by a blunder of destiny in a family of employees. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, married by a man rich and distinguished; and she let them make a match for her with a little clerk in the Department of Education.

She was simple since she could not be adorned; but she was unhappy as though kept out of her own class; for women have no caste and no descent, their beauty, their grace, and their charm serving them instead of birth and fortune. Their native keenness, their instinctive elegance, their flexibility of mind, are their only hierarchy; and these make the daughters of the people the equals of the most lofty dames.





Quartermaster Varajou had obtained a week's leave to go and visit his sister, Madame Padoie. Varajou, who was in garrison at Rennes and was leading a pretty gay life, finding himself high and dry, wrote to his sister saying that he would devote a week to her. It was not that he cared particularly for Mme. Padoie, a little moralist, a devotee, and always cross; but he needed money, needed it very badly, and he remembered that, of all his relations, the Padoies were the only ones whom he had never approached on the subject.





鈥淲e were at dinner when a letter was brought in and my father opened it. You know my father, who thinks that he is king of France ad interim. I call him Don Quixote, because for twelve years he has been running a tilt against the windmill of the Republic, without quite knowing whether it was in the name of the Bourbons or of the Orleans. At present he is holding the lance in the name of the Orleans alone, because there is nobody else but them left. In any case, he thinks himself the first gentleman in France, the best known, the most influential, the head of the party; and as he is an irremovable senator, he thinks that the neighboring kings鈥� thrones are very insecure.





Nothing is more amusing, more delicate, more interesting than the manoeuvring of a balloon. It is an enormous toy, free and docile, which obeys with surprising sensitiveness, but it is also, and before all, the slave of the wind, which we cannot control. A pinch of sand, half a sheet of paper, one or two drops of water, the bones of a chicken which we had just eaten, thrown overboard, makes it go up quickly.





"Very few stand the test of the bath. It is there that they can be judged, from the ankle to the throat. Especially on leaving the water are the defects revealed, although water is a powerful aid to flabby skin.

"The first time that I saw this young woman in the water, I was delighted, entranced. She stood the test well. There are faces whose charms appeal to you at first glance and delight you instantly. You seem to have found the woman whom you were born to love. I had that feeling and that shock.






And soon a rumor began to circulate. People talked of a colossal wolf with gray fur, almost white, who had eaten two children, gnawed off a woman's arm, strangled all the watch dogs in the district, and even come without fear into the farmyards. The people in the houses affirmed that they had felt his breath, and that it made the flame of the lights flicker. And soon a panic ran through all the province. No one dared go out any more after nightfall. The darkness seemed haunted by the image of the beast.





He slept for a long time, for a very long time, the unconquerable sleep of exhaustion. But suddenly a voice, a cry, a name: "Ulrich," aroused him from his profound slumber, and made him sit up in bed. Had he been dreaming? Was it one of those strange appeals which cross the dreams of disquieted minds? No, he heard it still, that reverberating cry,--which had entered at his ears and remained in his brain,--thrilling him to the tips of his sinewy fingers. Certainly, somebody had cried out, and called: "Ulrich!" There was somebody there, near the house, there could be no doubt of that, and he opened the door and shouted: "Is it you, Gaspard?" with all the strength of his lungs. But there was no reply, no murmur, no groan, nothing. It was quite dark, and the snow looked wan.





For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town. They were mere disorganized bands, not disciplined forces. The men wore long, dirty beards and tattered uniforms; they advanced in listless fashion, without a flag, without a leader. All seemed exhausted, worn out, incapable of thought or resolve, marching onward merely by force of habit, and dropping to the ground with fatigue the moment they halted. One saw, in particular, many enlisted men, peaceful citizens, men who lived quietly on their income, bending beneath the weight of their rifles; and little active volunteers, easily frightened but full of enthusiasm, as eager to attack as they were ready to take to flight; and amid these, a sprinkling of red-breeched soldiers, the pitiful remnant of a division cut down in a great battle; somber artillerymen, side by side with nondescript foot-soldiers; and, here and there, the gleaming helmet of a heavy-footed dragoon who had difficulty in keeping up with the quicker pace of the soldiers of the line. Legions of irregulars with high-sounding names "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," "Brethren in Death"--passed in their turn, looking like banditti. Their leaders, former drapers or grain merchants, or tallow or soap chandlers--warriors by force of circumstances, officers by reason of their mustachios or their money--covered with weapons, flannel and gold lace, spoke in an impressive manner, discussed plans of campaign, and behaved as though they alone bore the fortunes of dying France on their braggart shoulders; though, in truth, they frequently were afraid of their own men--scoundrels often brave beyond measure, but pillagers and debauchees.

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This is a short novella, set in Germany occupied France in 1870-71. I鈥檝e read a Ukrainian translation.

A group of French middle and upper class married couples travel by a coach to the sea-port in order to possibly move to Britain if Prussians remain in France. In this company there is a big woman, who is known for her dalliances with men. Initially she warms up the group鈥檚 attitude toward her by sharing a meal, but later they are stopped by a Prussian officer, who insists that she should sleep with him to allow the coach to continue its journey. She refuses due to her patriotic feelings, but the rest start peer pressure her.

A classic 鈥榮ocially conscious鈥� literature of the second half of 19th century. It criticizes duplicity of bourgeois morale and gives ironic depictions of Frenchmen, from merchant selling bad wines to revolutionary in love with own voice. Of course, there are a lot of passages, which sound not politically correct now, like 鈥榝eminine men鈥� (as an insult).
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丕蹖 讴丕卮 賲丕 丌丿賲丕 毓蹖賳 丌賮鬲丕亘 倬乇爻鬲 賴蹖 乇賳诏 毓賵囟 賳賲蹖鈥屭┴必屬�.
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De Maupassant is one of the few French authors I feel competent to read in the original French. It helps that his chosen form is the short story - it makes him much less forbidding than someone like Balzac or Hugo. Although I've been in Paris for just a little over two weeks, I'm already doing pretty well with these stories. He is particularly good at exposing the hypocrisies of small-town 19th century French life, the title story of this collection being an excellent example. But his character sketches are done with affection - though he liked his solitude, one senses a genuine affection for other people and their foibles.

Wikipedia provides two biographical facts worth passing on. As a youth, he saved the English poet Swinburne from drowning. Also, he shared the common French antipathy toward the Eiffel tower when it was first constructed. So much so that he commonly ate at the restaurant at the tower's base, as this was the only place in Paris one could avoid seeing the tower's inescapable profile.

Besides this collection, I also recommend his "Comtes de la Becasse" (Tales of the Hunt).

On this rainy Sunday in Paris, I've been getting reacquainted with de Maupassant and it's a great pleasure to do so.
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February 6, 2021
Gran colecci贸n de cuentos de Maupassant.
Son 13 cuentos en total, los cu谩les, para m铆, han sido, en su mayor铆a, espeluznantes, terror铆ficos, y en ciertas ocasiones, representan situaciones sofocantes, desesperadas y asfixiantes. Muchas de 茅stas sensaciones, se desarrollan en un escenario en el que se puede ver al protagonista, en su lucha con gran frenes铆 de c贸mo va perdiendo la cordura, c贸mo se va desgajando su coherencia.

Bola de sebo
Una sociedad realista y actual, que condena a una mujer por llevar una vida fuera de las reglas de la moral y el decoro. Obligada y orillada a realizar una acci贸n en pro de salvaguardar la seguridad de sus compa帽eros, quienes al final, a pesar de su sacrificio, no dejan de juzgarla.

Qu茅 triste es ver que la sociedad juzga a quienes, seg煤n se cree o se piensa, se encuentran fuera de las leyes morales, y 驴Qui茅nes somos para juzgar, catalogar y dictaminar qu茅 es o no lo correcto en esta sociedad que vive de guerras, envidias, abuso de poder? 驴Acaso somos libres de jam谩s haber realizado ni la m谩s m铆nima acci贸n da帽ina encontra de nuestro pr贸jimo? 驴Qui茅n es perfecto para se帽alar?

El horla
Un hombre se ve inmerso en una serie de situaciones que ponen en tela de juicio su cordura.

Esta ha sido una historia donde la creencia de Maupassant sobre cosas invisibles, seres ocultos, conviven con nosotros en total libertad. En la historia se puede sentir la desesperaci贸n y la asfixia del protagonista, que posiblemente eran sensaciones v铆vidas por Maupassant. Bajo observaci贸n, supresi贸n y paranoia, encuentra un final fat铆dico.

Sobre el agua
La narraci贸n de un barquero que durante toda su vida ha permanecido navegando. Siempre en el agua.

Alucinaciones y sensaci贸n de somnolencia que llevan al barquero a encontrarse barado en las aguas de un oc茅ano, sin posibilidades de salir de ah铆. Como dicen, cu谩nto m谩s permanezcas en el agua, esta puede llevarte a la locura.

El miedo
Narraciones de un grupo de personas que cuentan algunas an茅cdotas de situaciones que los llevaron a sentir miedo.
El miedo (y hasta los hombres m谩s intr茅pidos pueden tener miedo) es algo espantoso, una sensaci贸n atroz, como una descomposici贸n del alma, un espasmo horroroso del pensamiento y del coraz贸n, cuyo mero recuerdo provoca estremecimientos de angustia.

Un hombre que afirma que el esp铆ritu de quien asesin贸, quiere venganza, viene a buscarlo, y esta noche ser谩 la 煤ltima.

La cabellera
La obsesi贸n de un hombre por un objeto, una cabellera, la cual encuentra dentro de un mueble antiguo.

Se menciona en cierta parte de necrofilia. Y quiz谩s s铆 lo sea, porque tener un fetiche con una cabellera, al extremo de dormir con ella, amarla, besarla y abrazarla, sin saber a qui茅n perteneci贸, tiene las caracter铆sticas de una filia.

La mano
Un misterio que gira en torno a una mano enorme que ha sido cercenada, quien lo hizo la conserva encadenada, con la excusa de que la mano quiere irse, y que pertenec铆a a su m谩s grande enemigo. El final es fat铆dico.

Esta historia es corta pero a pesar de ello, no carece de terror.

驴Fue un sue帽o?
El protagonista pierde a su amada esposa, y ahora sufre su dolor y p茅rdida hasta la obsesi贸n, la cual lo lleva a querer permanecer custodiando la tumba de su amada, acci贸n que lo lleva a descubrir la verdad de su muerte. O 驴Ha sido un sue帽o?

La historia me record贸 la frase: El que busca encuentra.

础辫补谤颈肠颈贸苍
Un personaje se reencuentra con un viejo amigo, quien hab铆a envejecido notablemente y su estado era deplorable. Hab铆a perdido a su amada esposa, seg煤n le cuenta. Le pide un favor, que recupere unos documentos que se encuentran en la vieja casa donde viv铆a con su esposa, el amigo accede y acude a lugar.

Alucinaciones, seres invisibles que habitan el mundo de los vivos.

Asesino
Reci茅n casado, con su segunda esposa, el protagonista se encuentra en la necesidad de vengar el honor de su esposa.

脡l ha respetado a su segunda mujer con ceguera porque hab铆a respetado a la primera con la raz贸n.

El bigote
Una carta destinada de una amiga a otra explicando o expresando la importancia del bigote, el porqu茅 un hombre sin bigote, no es hombre.

No encontr茅 la coherencia de este relato banal, tal vez en aquella 茅poca (1883) era importante el bigote, y al ser Francia el origen de 茅ste, pues ya se aclara la idea, que para m铆, por vivir en 茅sta 茅poca, sigue siendo banal.

Las bodas del lugarteniente Lar茅
Un destacamento franc茅s al mando de un eficiente oficial, el lugarteniente Lar茅, se encuentran en el bosque con un anciano y su hija. 脡sta, fatigada y enferma, es objeto de los cuidados exquisitos de la tropa.

El collar
La historia de una mujer hermosa, dotada de una belleza incomparable, pero nacida bajo la desgracia mundada de la pobreza, al ser esposa de un empleado, no cuentan con los medios para disfrutar de las fiestas y alegr铆as de los salones y bailes. El esposo un d铆a la sorprende con una invitaci贸n a un baile suntuoso, orillado por la tristeza de su esposa, le compra un vestido, pero 茅sta quiere m谩s y le pide prestado un collar a una amiga rica. El desenlace es frustrante y cae en desgracia.

En alguna ocasi贸n, le铆 una historia similar, que sinceramente no recuerdo d贸nde ni de qui茅n era. Pero es igual, tal vez el objeto a solventar no sea un collar, pero s铆 recuerdo que era una alhaja.

El loco
Un magistrado muy aclamado por ser justo y siempre defender a los d茅biles, muere, a su funeral acude mucha gente y muchos le lloran por haber sido en vida un hombre intachable. Despu茅s de su muerte, el notario descubre un documento que contar谩 la verdad sobre el fallecido.

Es verdad lo que se dice, que despu茅s de muerto se sabr谩 qu茅 tipo de persona se era en vida.
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27 reviews2 followers
February 5, 2023
La prosa de Maupassant es muy bonita. Los relatos como el collar, boule de suif, la dicha, han sido los que m谩s disfrut茅. Todos absolutamente, tienen un mensaje entre l铆neas, a libre interpretaci贸n del lector.
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March 31, 2021
Maupassant's genius at short story writing is on display here. In about twenty five pages he portrays a complete world eclipsed by war and German occupation of France, which is creeping deeper into the country by the day.
The characters are universal, for their political, professional and other belongings. While fleeing towards away from the occupying forces, the circumstances bring out the best and the worst in them. The fascinating description of the early cold morning they leave and the events in the countryside, which the natives are deserting likewise, is all there in very few words.
One's heart goes to Boule De suif, who, though a prostitute, has more honor than her companions. The spirit of resistance is lacking in all the rest: the businessmen, politicians and the rest, who have either shifted their business interests and money to England or in the deeper country side. For honor only a prostitute is fleeing.
It is one of the greatest short stories of all times. The translator really has done well. Maupassant once again does so much in so few pages that you wonder the over descriptiveness of the prose written during his time was outdated, even in other languages.
A great writer values the time of his readers. He was way ahead of his contemporaries at story telling. In a short life he achieved more than most of them, no wonder. For his writing also entertains to even a new reader. So it is universal.
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July 12, 2024
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"賲乇丿賲 卮賴乇 丿乇 丕鬲丕賯鈥屬囏й� 鬲丕乇蹖讴卮丕賳 亘賴 噩賳賵賳蹖 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 丌賲丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿 讴賴 丕夭 亘賱丕蹖丕蹖 亘夭乇诏 胤亘蹖毓蹖 賵 夭賲蹖賳鈥屬勜必操団€屬囏й� 賲乇诏亘丕乇 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丿爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 賵 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇卮丕賳 丿丕賳丕蹖蹖 賵 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 乇丕賴 亘賴 噩丕蹖蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀�. 趩賵賳 賴乇 诏丕賴 賳馗賲 賲賵噩賵丿 亘賴 賴賲 亘乇蹖夭丿貙 丕賲賳蹖鬲 丕夭 賲蹖丕賳 亘乇賵丿 賵 賴乇 丌賳趩賴 丿乇 倬賳丕賴 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 亘卮乇蹖 賵 胤亘蹖毓蹖 丕爻鬲 丿爻鬲禺賵卮 賵丨卮蹖鈥屭臂� 馗丕賱賲丕賳賴 賵 賳丕亘禺乇丿丕賳賴 卮賵丿貙 賴賲蹖賳 丕丨爻丕爻 丿乇 丌丿賲蹖 倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�."
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April 11, 2018
AN AFTERTHOUGHT to END with :
I just read a Guy de Maupassant short story and regrettably had only one word for it...FLABBY !!
BUT...thank ye gods for a "but"... I suddenly realized that perhaps it was the Translator of 2004, San Miles, who was to blame. Perhaps. After all, the Translator of 1951, H.N.P. Sloman, who did the set of the 3 Green Bordered Volumes which were ALL translated by HIM, these were NOT Flabby, but had a tightness, a constant relevance, a momentum...not a wishy-washy tone at all. Someone had the reins and steered us through. OK !!!
So...is Guy Flabby or Tight ????

For ME this is the BEST volume of de Maupassant's Collected Short Stories...
...perhaps that is because I have forgotten the Others,
or I am just biased,
or these are definitely Fresher in my mind.
I will say it was a Consistency...of being continually pleased regardless of the content...I had no bias as to the flavour: grimness, tragic pathos, good-humoured fun, genuine humour with no intention to wound, farce, satire....
I had began with "Boule de Suif" which I abandoned after the first 15 pages, not because I wasn't enjoying it,( I HAVE read it before ), but because I wanted to read some of the shorter stories, and there were 9 barring the final story at the back of the book, so I took myself there and dived in !!!!
...no disappointments here!! ...when one is being consistently pleased by his achievement, whatever the flavour !
The Longer stories were saved to last after enjoying the 4 short stories at the beginning...macabre, coarse in language and subject but fascinating, and one a perfect cameo - in its pathos, simplicity and moving atmosphere.
The Longer Stories are a mere 4 and each deserves its number being just as varied as their Numerals...Boule de Suif and The Olive Grove would be seen as Exceptional regardless of their context. One has a Fallen woman showing her Superiority in Manners and Morals when placed among Those who claim Society's Superior Places for Themselves but in Name Only. Their Reality embraces Cowardice, Treachery, Superficiality ...a resounding Hollowness.
The main character of the Olive Grove is a Superior yet Limited Man, one of Many Priests whom the author is prepared even as a free-thinker to draw with an invariable Sympathy. Here is a man who has the potential for passion that could lead to both Great Love and Great Rage. We witness both.
But also an overwhelming admiration at how he finally escapes from his darker side.
Not surprisingly it has been compared to the relentless quality of Greek drama, tragedy with no light relief. In the other two longer works we get a sprinkle of incidents which don't amount to a great deal; and the final Long Story gives a Bouncing Portrait of French men and women at their
Bouncing Best in "Madame Tellier's Establishment"; And the French are supposedly at their Best in
the World of Love. And here we see them having it richly and joyously with a Religious backdrop and a Brothel foreground at the Communion of the Local Children. Weird??? No !! French !! What an array of Delightful and Sexual Characters we have here, at a time in France when this was accepted,
and may still be such.
Anyway...I suggest you take no notice of Me...... except to try the Waters by splashing around in the Book Reviewed above!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖貨 诏乇丿賳 亘賳丿貙 噩賳丕蹖鬲 丕夭 賳馗乇 亘丕亘丕 亘賳蹖賮丕爻 賵 鬲禺鬲 卮賲丕乇賴鈥屰� 鄄酃 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖貨 丕賳鬲賯丕賲貙 丕賳鬲馗丕乇貙 讴賵讴賵貙 乇夭 賵 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 賴賲 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿賳.
554 reviews47 followers
June 30, 2018
El cuento m谩s famoso es el titular, una historia sobre hipocres铆a en circunstancias extremas, una vieja historia que vimos y seguimos viendo constantemente. No me gusta mucho usar el t茅rmino 'moral', debido a lo manoseado que est谩, pero el personaje titular es lejos el de mayor solidez moral en la historia.
Los otros cuentos, un peque帽o muestrario adicional, suelen lidiar con la naturaleza humana as铆 como la ve铆a el autor. En particular, cuentos como "La cabellera" o "La mano" podr铆an bien pertenecer a una antolog铆a de Poe, mientras que otros como "Arrepentimiento" simplemente son deprimentes.
Como selecci贸n de cuentos no es mucho, pero cumple su funci贸n de presentar el estilo de Guy de Maupassant al lector no iniciado. Y seamos realistas: el que compra esta colecci贸n lo hace s贸lo por el cuento titular.
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466 reviews7 followers
March 27, 2020
Esta colecci贸n contiene cuentos buenos y excelentes. No hay ninguno que me haya dejado indiferente.
En su mayor铆a son de estilo realista, pero tambi茅n hay fantas铆a, como el cl谩sico de terror El Horla, con el cu谩l se cierra esta edici贸n, y es de los mejores cuentos que he le铆do.
La prosa es bastante directa y moderna, pareciera que el narrador est谩 contando desde el siglo XX, sucesos del siglo XIX.
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6 reviews2 followers
June 8, 2022
Um belo livro de contos para desanuviar da literatura contempor芒nea.
A edi莽茫o que li conta com 14 contos, os meus preferidos foram:

Bola de Sebo
A Pens茫o Tellier
Em Fam铆lia
"Mademoiselle" Fifi
Encontro
Monsieur Parent
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118 reviews54 followers
October 23, 2020
Excellent collection of short stories. Maupassant is a new addition to my fav authors list.
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August 22, 2023
AKA: The Tallow Ball

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."

The French army has just suffered a catastrophic defeat by the Prussian army and the tattered remains are staggering through the Normandy town of Rouen towards the Atlantic coast. The civilians in Rouen are nervous about the forthcoming occupation of their city by the victorious army, and rightly so, as although the invaders behave more or less correctly, officers and men must be housed and fed, and strict order is maintained. After a few days a group of civilians of all kinds obtain permission to leave the town by coach which included two rich businessmen along with their wives, a very wealthy and somewhat arrogant count and his countess, two nuns, a radical activist, and the courtesan Boule de Suif, a fairly young and very plump woman of the streets whose real name is Mademoiselle Elisabeth Rousset. All are proud patriots who want to have nothing to do with the foreign military. But the going is slow as it is winter, and the horses are weak. When their coach stops in the village of Totes, they find it is already evening and worse yet: the town has already been occupied by Prussian troops. They are obliged to stay there overnight, where the Prussian officer, a stalwart French-speaker of sorts, orders Boule de Suif to come to his office for an interview. The German officer orders the ten passengers to stay in the local inn until Boule de Suif agrees to sleep with him. She indignantly refuses, and her companions are equally shocked at the grossness of the Prussian. The next day they discover that they cannot leave the town until his lustful desires are satisfied, and little by little the patriotism of the members of the group, including the nuns, takes second place to their desire to continue on their journey. Each and every one of them, except to a certain degree the radical activist, who remains notably silent, finds excellent reasons why Boule de Suif should sacrifice herself and her patriotic ideals for the common good. In despair, she yields to the Prussian鈥檚 ultimatum. The three married couples and the two nuns celebrate this action by drinking champagne. What follows shows how hypocritical and self-centered some people can be. Boule de Suif's patriotism causes her to sacrifice herself for them, but now they want nothing to do with her. She realizes that these so-called people of quality are ultimately unworthy of her.
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January 26, 2025
丕賲丕賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲乇丿賲
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56 reviews2 followers
February 14, 2025
禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕卮鬲賲 賲孬賱 賴賲賴 蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 讴賲蹖 賵 讴丕爻鬲蹖 丿丕卮鬲 賵賱蹖 禺亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 禺賵亘卮 噩亘乇丕賳 讴乇丿馃専
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January 14, 2010
Delicad铆simo tanto en la construcci贸n psicol贸gica y sociol贸gica de sus personajes; como en los relatos y costumbres. Los cuentos no s贸lo son intensos y ricos en descripciones, sino que adem谩s su estilo es pulcro y refinado, pero a la vez muy plagado de cuidados detalles que en conjunto se leen de modo 谩gil. Me produce sensaciones semejantes a un banquete de cocina francesa.
Cada vez que leo narrativa francesa del siglo XIX se me hace m谩s dif铆cil opinar sin pasi贸n y usando criterios objetivos. Me parece estar dando siempre una opini贸n muy personal influida por el placer que experimento al leer estos cuentos o novelas.
Para qui茅nes no disfrutan del realismo y de los t贸picos propios de la 茅poca, s贸lo puedo decir al respecto que su contenido es actual y su visi贸n del hombre no es m谩s que la constante de 茅ste en la Historia. El realismo es tal vez duro por lo mismo, as铆 es el hombre.
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