Ball-of-Fat: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Ball-of-Fat by Guy de Maupassant: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 1:51:15 running time and a link to listen.
Ball-of-Fat, credited to Guy de Maupassant, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Ball-of-Fat by Guy de Maupassant, translated by M. Walter Dunne. Read by Michael Thomas Robinson. The first significant published short story of French author Guy de Maupassant, and generally acknowledged as his greatest work, "Ball-of-Fat" (French title: Boule de Suif) is the touching story of an interrupted coach ride from Rouen to Le Havre during which occurs the corruption of a principled prostitute by immoral and hypocritical members of the upper class. The story is set during the occupation of Rouen at the time of the Franco-Prussian War. (Summary by Michael Thomas Robinson)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Ball-of-Fat
- Author credits: Guy de Maupassant
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 1:51:15
Catalogue topics
- French
Track guide
- Part 1 — 37:32
- Part 2 — 44:36
- Part 3 — 29:09
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