BOULE DE SUIF (PT. 1) by GUY de MAUPASSANT

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 3 April 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First published in April of 1880, "Boule de Suif" is one of Maupassant's most famous and important stories. The term 'Boule de Suif' is most often translated as "Dumpling" or "Ball of Lard". The use of this no longer acceptable term for bigness was prevalent in those days and society's upper crust felt no guilt in using it in the presence of persons they thought of as coming from a lower class. In this story a carriage load of persons escaping the German occupation of their city of Rouen, France are traveling to Havre where they believe their French countrymen are still in control.. The division of classes evident throughout the trip allows Maupassant to hand a stinging rebuke to the ills of French society at the time, as one of the passengers, a courtesan, meaning a prostitute, is nicknamed 'Boule de Suif'. She, having thought to bring the only food, suddenly becomes popular when the trip bogs down into a 15 hour journey.. ANDROID USERS- (NEW) 1001 Stories From The Old West (Spotify)- https://open.spotify.com/show/0c2fc0cGwJBcPfyC8NWNTw 1001 Stories from Roy's Diner on Player.fm: Follow Us https://player.fm/series/1001-stories-network 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20heroes 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20sherlock%20holmes 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20ghost%20stories 1001 Stories for the Road on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20stories%20for%20the%20road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20greatest%20love%20stories 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (author interviews) on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-historys-best-storytellers APPLE USERS (NEW) 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/id1613213865 1001 Stories From Roy's Diner at Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/1001-stories-from-roys-diner/id1594740377 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at Apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 History's Best Storytellers (Interviews) on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well for comments: 1001storiespodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales. This is your host John Hagadord. We're long
0:36.5	overdue for Giedemopassat story and we have a very good one today. Bull de Swift.
0:45.5	First published in April of 1880, Bull De Swift is one of Giedem Opposat's most famous and important short stories. The
0:50.1	term Bull de Swift is most often translated to English as dumpling, but is also understood in the forms
0:56.6	Butterball, Ball of Lard, and Ball of Fat.
1:00.6	Bull the Swift is the plump female character featured in the story.
1:04.0	In the story, a variety of people are riding in a carriage.
1:08.0	The carriage is populated with a cross section of society,
1:11.0	with Bull to Swift as a prostitute representing the bottom wrong.
1:15.0	You may see a lot of links between this story and the current situation in Ukraine.
1:19.0	Just change the participants.
1:21.0	Mopazat's Bull de Swift is a scathing criticism of the French society of his day.
1:27.0	I hope you enjoy it.
1:30.0	For several days in succession, fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town.
1:35.0	They were mere disorganized bands, not disciplined forces.
1:39.1	The men wore long, dirty beards and tattered uniforms. They advanced in listless fashion without a flag, without a leader.
1:47.0	All seemed exhausted, worn out, incapable of thought or resolve, marching onward merely by force of habit, and dropping to the ground with
1:56.1	fatigue the moment they halted. One saw, in particular, many enlisted men, peaceful citizens, men who live quietly on their income,
2:04.7	bandied beneath the weight of their rifles, and little active volunteers
2:08.8	easily frightened but full of enthusiasm,
2:11.4	as eager to attack as they were ready to take to flight.
2:15.1	And amid these, a sprinkling of red breached soldiers, the pitiful remnant of a division
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