Mlle Fifi: Nouveaux Contes by Guy de Maupassant
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"Mlle Fifi: Nouveaux Contes" by Guy de Maupassant is a short story collection published in 1882. Set during the Franco-Prussian War in occupied Normandy, the title story follows bored Prussian officers quartered in a French chateau. When they invite local prostitutes to a dinner party, tensions escalate between the arrogant young officer called "Mademoiselle Fifi" and a Jewish prostitute named Rachel. Their confrontation leads to violence and an act of defiance that
resonates beyond a single evening, exploring themes of national pride, class barriers, and resistance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mlle Fifi: Nouveaux Contes |
| Alternate Title | Mademoiselle Fifi: nouveaux contes |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mademoiselle_Fifi_(short_story) |
| Contents | Mademoiselle Fifi -- Madame Baptiste -- La rouille -- Marroca -- La buche -- La relique -- Le lit -- Fou? -- Réveil -- Une ruse -- A cheval -- Un réveillon -- Mots d'amour -- Une aventure parisienne -- Deux amis -- Le voleur -- Nuit de Noël -- Le remplaçant. |
| Credits | Miranda van de Heijning, Renald Levesque and PG Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 11597 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-11597-9 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 608 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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