Butterball
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Description:
Butterball is Maupassant's most critically acclaimed short story. Set during the Franco-Prussian war, it is a sympathetic and original portrayal of a prostitute's mistreatment at the hands of a cold-hearted bourgeoisie. When Butterball's carriage is halted by Prussian soldiers, they demand her sexual services in ransom. Her fellow passengers - hitherto so disdainful of her com...
Butterball is Maupassant's most critically acclaimed short story. Set during the Franco-Prussian war, it is a sympathetic and original portrayal of a prostitute's mistreatment at the hands of a cold-hearted bourgeoisie. When Butterball's carriage is halted by Prussian soldiers, they demand her sexual services in ransom. Her fellow passengers - hitherto so disdainful of her com...
Description:
Butterball is Maupassant's most critically acclaimed short story. Set during the Franco-Prussian war, it is a sympathetic and original portrayal of a prostitute's mistreatment at the hands of a cold-hearted bourgeoisie. When Butterball's carriage is halted by Prussian soldiers, they demand her sexual services in ransom. Her fellow passengers - hitherto so disdainful of her company - are suddenly more than happy to benefit from her 'immoral' trade. But Butterball is a loyal French nationalist: and she refuses on principle to sleep with the enemy. Through the warmth and generosity of his prostitute heroine, Maupassant exposes the hypocrisy of the French middle-classes.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Germaine Greer; Introduction; Butterball; The Confession; First Snow; Rose; The Dowry; Bed 29; Notes; Biographical note
Author Biography:
The French writer and novelist Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a literary disciple of Flaubert and Zola. He is most famous for his short stories which depict the humdrum fate of the middle- and working-classes. Born in Australia, writer and feminist Germaine Greer is most famous for the hugely influential feminist treatise: The Female Eunuch.
Butterball is Maupassant's most critically acclaimed short story. Set during the Franco-Prussian war, it is a sympathetic and original portrayal of a prostitute's mistreatment at the hands of a cold-hearted bourgeoisie. When Butterball's carriage is halted by Prussian soldiers, they demand her sexual services in ransom. Her fellow passengers - hitherto so disdainful of her company - are suddenly more than happy to benefit from her 'immoral' trade. But Butterball is a loyal French nationalist: and she refuses on principle to sleep with the enemy. Through the warmth and generosity of his prostitute heroine, Maupassant exposes the hypocrisy of the French middle-classes.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Germaine Greer; Introduction; Butterball; The Confession; First Snow; Rose; The Dowry; Bed 29; Notes; Biographical note
Author Biography:
The French writer and novelist Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a literary disciple of Flaubert and Zola. He is most famous for his short stories which depict the humdrum fate of the middle- and working-classes. Born in Australia, writer and feminist Germaine Greer is most famous for the hugely influential feminist treatise: The Female Eunuch.
| Autor | Maupassant, Guy De; Brown, Andrew (Translated By) |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2003 |
| Kirjastus | Hesperus Press Ltd |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 112 |
| Pikkus | 195 |
| Laius | 195 |
| Keel | English |
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