Butterball (Hesperus Classics) Guy de Maupassant, Andrew Brown

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. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Butterball (Hesperus Classics) (Guy de Maupassant, Andrew Brown)