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1、Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.(October2011)BouledeSuifisashortstorybythelate-19thcenturyFrenchwriterGuydeMaupassant.Itisarguablyhis
2、mostfamousshortstory,andisthetitlestoryforhiscollectionontheFranco-PrussianWar,entitled"BouledeSuifetAutresContesdelaGuerre"("BouledeSuifandOtherStoriesoftheWar").JohnFordsaidthathisfilmStagecoachwasinmanywaysawesternrewriteofBouledeSuif.[1]BouledeSuifmayals
3、ohavebeentheinspirationforErnestHaycox'sshortstory"TheStagetoLordsburg".[citationneeded]whichinturninspiredthefilmIn2006theGlimmerglassOperaproducedanoperabasedontheshortstory"TheGreaterGoodorThePassionofBouledeSuif"composedbyStephenHartkewithLibrettobyPhill
4、ipLittell.Contents1Plot2Themes3Publicationhistory4Notes5References6Externallinks[edit]PlotThestoryissetintheFrenchRevolutionandfollowsagroupofFrenchresidentsofRouen,recentlyoccupiedbythegovernment.Thetentravellersdecide,forvariousreasons,toleaveRouenandfleet
5、oLeHavreinastagecoach.SharingthecarriagearetheQueenBouledeSuif(SuetDumplingButterball,alsotranslatedasBall-of-Fat),whoserealnameisElisabethRousset;thestrictDemocratCornudet;ashop-owningcouplefromthepettybourgeoisie,M.andMme.Loiseau;awealthyupper-bourgeoisief
6、actory-ownerandhiswife,M.andMme.Carré-Lamadon;theComteandComtesseofBréville;andtwonuns.Thus,thecarriageconstitutesamicrocosmofFrenchsocietyasawhole.Duetotheterribleweather,thecoachmovesveryslowlyandbymiddayhasonlycoveredafewmiles.TheoccupantsinitiallysnubBou
7、ledeSuifbuttheirattitudeschangewhensheproducesapicnicbasketfulloflovelyfoodandofferstoshareitscontentswiththehungrytravellers.AtthevillageofTôtes,thecarriagestopsatthelocalcoachinginn,andtheoccupants,hearingaGermanvoice,realisetheyhaveblunderedintoPrussian-h
8、eldterritory.APrussianofficerdetainsthepartyattheinnindefinitelywithouttellingthemwhy.Overthenexttwodays,thetravellersbecomeincreasinglyimpatient,andarefinallytoldbyBouledeSuifthattheyarebeingde
