Boule de Suif - Tallow Ball
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The story takes place in 1870, after the debacle of the French army in front of the Prussian army. A dozen people, most members of the respectable society and one prostitute, flee after the debacle, in 1870. To which point are respectable people ready to be unrespectable to defend their interests ?1870. Débâcle de l'armée française devant l'armée prussienne. Guy de Maupassant met en scène la veulerie de la "bonne société".