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Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant

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Name: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
Birth Date: August 5, 1850
Death Date: July 6, 1893
Place of Birth: Normandy, France
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
451 words, approx. 1.5 pages
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) is the most celebrated of French short-story writers. The brilliance of his technique is combined with an ethical nihilism. Guy de Maupassant was born on Aug. 5, 1850, in Normandy; his exact birthpla...
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Biography of (Henri) (Rene Albert) Guy de Maupassant
14961 words, approx. 49.9 pages
Acknowledged throughout the world as one of the masters of the short story, Guy de Maupassant was also the author of a collection of poetry, a volume of plays, six novels, three travel journals, and many chronicles. However, he clearly excelled in the sh...


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Boule de Suif Information
1,457 words, approx. 5 pages
"Boule de Suif" is a short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It may have been the inspiration for Ernest Haycox's short story "The Stage to Lordsburg", which in turn inspired the film Stagecoach. In 2006 Glimmerglass Opera...


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The Greater Good or The Passion of Boule de Suif
11/01/2007: 761 words, approx. 3 pages
HARTKE The Greater Good or The Passion of Boule de Suif * Stewart Robertson, cond; Caroline Worra (Boule); John David De Haan (Loiseau); Jeanine Thames (The Old Nun); Matthew Worth (Coachman); et al.; Glimmerglass Op O * NAXOS 8.669014 (2 CDs: 142:29) The...
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Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Maupassant's Boule de suif and the Tales of the Franco-Prussian War. (book review)
03/22/2002: 1,103 words, approx. 4 pages
Wrexham, Wales: Bridge Books, 2001. Pp. 71. ISBN 1-872424-93-7 Philip G. Hadlock, Texas Christian University As any reader of Western literature can attest, war has proven to be a fertile terrain for the literary imagination. In his new book, Michael Weatherilt assays...


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