SOURCE: "Women and Religion," in A Woman's Revenge: The Chronology of Dispossession in Maupassant's Fiction, French Forum, Publishers, 1986, pp. 82–108.
In the following excerpt, Donaldson-Evans examines Maupassant's skepticism of traditional religion through his portrayal of various feminine types, including the pious woman; the woman who identifies herself with the Divinity; the woman as Virgin Mother; the sadistic woman incapable of love; and the cruel mother.
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