Boule de Suif
By Guy de Maupassant
19 Jun, 2020
"Boule de Suif", translated variously as "Dumpling", "Butterball", "Ball of Fat", or "Ball of Lard", is a famous short story by the late 19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant first published on 15/16 April 1880. It is arguably his most famous
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"Boule de Suif", translated variously as "Dumpling", "Butterball", "Ball of Fat", or "Ball of Lard", is a famous short story by the late 19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant first published on 15/16 April 1880. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, titled Boule de Suif et Autres Contes de la Guerre (Dumpling and Other Stories of the War). Less