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Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant, everything you need to know about hypocrisy.
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Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant, everything you need to know about hypocrisy.
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Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant, everything you need to know about hypocrisy.
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Most of Maupassants stories, for instance, are very short, but his two masterpieces, Boule de Suif and La Maison de Madame Tellier, are decidedly long.
As I Please 1944
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The cemetery Montparnasse is densely populated, and I wandered long without finding the author of "Boule de Suif."
Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895
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It is as round and smooth as "Boule de Suif" herself.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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In an epoch of the utmost publicity, in which the most insignificant deeds of a celebrated man are spied, recorded, and commented on, the author of "Boule de Suif," of "Pierre et Jean," of
Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871
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The woman, who belonged to the courtesan class, was celebrated for an embonpoint unusual for her age, which had earned for her the sobriquet of "Boule de Suif" (Tallow Ball).
Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871
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Personal experiences soon followed, and Bottle le Suif related with genuine emotion, and with that warmth of language not uncommon in women of her class and temperament, how it came about that she had left Rouen.
Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871
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The woman, one of those called gallant, was famous for her precocious embonpoint which had earned her the nickname of "Boule de Suif"
Mademoiselle Fifi Guy de Maupassant 1871
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