Boule de Suif
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All Themes Wealth and Hypocrisy Class Division in Wartime Gender, Power, and Sacrifice Exploitation and Class Hierarchy
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All Characters Miss Elizabeth Rousset (Ball-of-Fat) Mr. Loiseau Mrs. Loiseau Mr. Carré-Lamadon Mrs. Carré-Lamadon Count Hubert de Bréville Countess Hubert de Bréville Cornudet The German Commander The Two Nuns
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All Symbols Basket of Food
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Boule de Suif

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Guy de Maupassant
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