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1. BOULE DE SUIF (1880) A group of civilians obtains permission from the Prussian forces that have just occupied Rouen during the War of 1870 to leave for the coast : several rich businessmen with their wives, a count and his countess, two nuns, a radical activist and Boule de Suif (’Fat Ball’), a plump woman of the streets. But the going is slow as it is winter and when they arrive at the nearest town it has also been occupied by Prussian troops. They are obliged to stay (…)
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