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Boule de Suif (translated variously as Dumpling , Butterball , Ball of Fat or Ball of Lard ) is a famous short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, entitled Boule de Suif et Autres Contes de la Guerre ( Dumpling and Other Stories of the War ). The story is set in the Franco-Prussian War and follows a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army. The ten travellers decide, for various reasons, to leave Rouen and flee to Le Havre in a stagecoach. Sharing the carriage are Boule de Suif or Butterball , a prostitute whose real name is Elisabeth Rousset; the strict Democrat Cornudet; a shop-owning couple from the petty bourgeoisie, M. and Mme. Loiseau; a wealthy upper-bourgeoisie factory-owner and his wife, M. and Mme. Carr -Lamadon; the Comte and Comtesse of Br ville; and two nuns. Thus, the carriage constitutes a microcosm of French society, representing different parts of the French population during the late 19th century. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form’s finest exponents. Maupassant was a prot g of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless d nouements (outcomes). He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, Boule de Suif ( Ball of Fat ), is often considered his masterpiece.
