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Item Details
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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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