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Item Details
Title:
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BUTTERBALL
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By: |
Guy de Maupassant, Andrew Brown (Trans), Dr. Germaine Greer (Foreword) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1843910470 |
ISBN 13: |
9781843910473 |
Publisher: |
HESPERUS PRESS LTD |
Pub. date: |
1 May, 2003 |
Series: |
Hesperus Classics |
Pages: |
112 |
Translated from: |
French |
Synopsis: |
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. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Hesperus Press Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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