Collected Stories Summary
Roald Dahl

Collected Stories Summary

Stag, Stuffy and Williamappears in Madame Rosette (Chapter 8)

Stuffy, Stag and William are three RAF pilots who go into Cairo on a forty-eight-hour leave from combat in Libya looking for women. They encounter Madame Rosette, an exploitative and predatory whorehouse operator who keeps her "girls" in near-slavery. The three soldiers are outraged at the injustices perpetrated on the young women forced to sell themselves to survive. Instead of buying their services, the men decide...

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