📖 Boule de suif

Maupassant immediately became famous with Tallow Ball (1880), short story whose main character is a prostitute. The story takes place in 1870. The Prussians were entered into the city of Rouen. Some merchants want to go to Le Havre on business and share their car with Tallow Ball. They are arrested by German troops of occupation. The German officer who commands the operation refused to let her leave the car unless Tallow Ball consents to his desires. The young woman stands ready to make this sacrifice, but it requires that those who accompany him, including two nuns, give it their approval. And they give her too. The car was eventually released but the young woman, who expected to receive accolades from his fellow passengers, only found their m